The Cooper is a manganese mine located in Mendocino county, California.
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Mine Info
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Cooper MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cooper
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Mendocino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Edward W. And Mabel B. Lebaron
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE GRADE 30 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN SW 1/4 SECTION 33
Comment (Production): PROPERTY WAS WORKED IN 1918. SOME ORE ON DUMPS;MAIN BED IS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 30 PERCENT MANGANESE; SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1918. IDLE.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SILICEOUS MANGANESE ORE IN CHERT BEDS, ORE IS DULLY RESINOUS, REDDISH-BROWN, PROBABLY NEOTOCITE, AND OXIDIZED IN PLACES TO A DEPTH OF ONE INCH.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 49, NO. 4 OCT., 1953, P. 385
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152, PP. 118-9
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