The Beal Mc Clellan Property is a manganese mine located in Riverside county, California.
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Mine Info
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Beal Mc Clellan Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beal Mc Clellan Property
Secondary: Newport
Secondary: Black Eagle
Secondary: Brum and Newport
Secondary: Elsinore
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Riverside
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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: Los Angeles Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE ABOUT 30 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Ore: Rhodonite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BEDDED DEPOSIT IN SLIGHTLY METAMORPHOSED WHITE TO GRAY CHERT. THE CHERT IS BEDDED, 1 TO 4 INCHES THICK, ASSOCIATED WITH SLATY SHALE LAYERS, AND SURROUNDED BY SLATE. THE CHERT AND MANGANESE ORE BEDS STRIKE N 60 TO 80 W, AND DIP 50 TO 65 N. E. THE ORE BED IS OFFSET BY 2 OR 3 CROSS FAULTS WITH DISPLACEMENTS UP TO 4 FT. FAULTS GENERALLY STRIKE N. E. AND DIP N. W. THE ORE BED, 1 TO 2 FT THICK, EXPOSED FOR A LENGTH OF 125 FT AND TO A DEPTH OF 20 FT, CONSISTS OF PARTIALLY TO COMPLETELY OXIDIZED RHODONITE. SOME RESINOUS BROWN OPALINE MATERIAL MAY BE NEOTOCITE OR BEMENTITE. SOME LIGHT BROWN CRYSTALLINE GARNET (?) IS PRESENT.
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN SW 1/4 SECTION 23
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 180 - 182
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 PP. 154 , 65
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