The Nowlin is a manganese mine located in Mendocino county, California.
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Mine Info
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Nowlin MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nowlin
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Mendocino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Hal And Christine S. Schultz
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Comments
Comment (Location): N. PART OF SECTION 3 , UTM APPROX
Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE ZONE ENCLOSED IN THIN BEDDED RED RADIOLARIAN CHERT, STRIKES N 20 TO 50 E, AND DIPS 30 TO 35 S. W. ORE ZONE IS JUST ABOVE BASAL CONTACT OF RED CHERT WITH SANDSTONE. MOST ORE IS SILICEOUS WITH BANDS RUNNING PARALLEL TO BEDDING. BANDS OF CHERT ALTERNATE WITH CARBONATE ORE. ORE BECOMES OXIDIZED NEAR SURFACE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 49, NO. 4 OCT. 1953, P. 389
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152, PP. 133-134
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