The Linser is a manganese mine located in Mendocino county, California.
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Mine Info
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Linser MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Linser
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Mendocino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Chester Linser
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCED 2500 TONS OF SORTED ORE AVERAGING 35 PERCENT MANGANESE BY AUGUST, 1944. IDLE. MAIN PARTS OF PIT HAVE BEEN ENTIRELY MINED OUT AND THE ORE REMAINING WAS ALMOST EXHAUSTED.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT.
Comment (Geology): ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L. ; GEOL.DESC: ORE ENCLOSED IN MASSIVE WHITE MANGANIFEROUS CHERT 4 TO 6 FT. THICK; WHICH IS BELOW ( 25 TO 35 FT ) THIN BEDDED RED CHERT LENS. SANDSTONE IS EXPOSED ABOVE AND BELOW CHERT. ORE BED IS CUT BY NUMEROUS SMALL FAULTS, STRIKES N 25 W, AND DIPS 36 TO 48 N. E.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152, PP. 127-8
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 49, NO. 4, OCT., 1953, P. 388
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