The Welch Mine is a manganese mine located in San Luis Obispo county, California at an elevation of 1,001 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 1,001 Feet (305 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 35.27056, -120.77778
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Welch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Welch Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: San Luis Obispo
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: 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
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE 47 PERCENT MANGANESE, 16 PERCENT SILICA.
Materials
Ore: Hausmannite
Comments
Comment (Geology): ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L. ; GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS WITHIN CHERT BODY ON CONTACT BETWEEN HEAVY BED OF YELLOW CHERT AND THIN-BEDDED CHERTS AND SHALES. ORE CONSISTS OF HAUSMANNITE INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH LIGHT BROWN SILICEOUS ORE AND MANGANESE CARBONATE. ONE FAIRLY CONTINUOUS ORE BED STRIKES N 40 TO 70 W, AND DIPS STEEPLY N. THE ORE BED IS 1 TO 4 FT. THICK, AND HAS BEEN DISTURBED BY CROSS FAULTS.
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN NW 1/4 SE 1/4 SECTION 34 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF DOM BULL,152,P 240-241;
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 171
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