Chaney Winship-Doak, Winship-Donovan

The Chaney Winship-Doak, Winship-Donovan is a manganese mine located in Alameda county, California.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Chaney Winship-Doak, Winship-Donovan

Commodity

Primary: Manganese

Location

State: California
County: Alameda

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Frank J. Rodriguez

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

Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Rhodochrosite

Comments

Comment (Production): IT IS REPORTED THAT 200 TONS OF ORE WAS SHIPPED FROM THIS MINE DURING WWI. THE CARBONATE ORE PROBABLY CONTAINS AT LEAST 35 % MANGANESE. THE PROSPECT LIES 2 MILES BY ROAD AND AN ADDITIONAL 2 MILES BY AN OLD WAGON ROAD FROM THE ARROYO MOCHO ROAD, 15 1/2 MILES FROM LIVERMORE. AT LEAST TWO THIN BEDS OF HIGH-GRADE RHODOCHROSITE ARE EXPOSED IN THE WORKINGS; THESE RANGE FROM 6 INCHES TO 1 FT. IN THICKNESS. IN SOME PLACES THE ORE IS NEARLY PURE, COARSE-GRAINED CARBONATE, BUT IN MOST PLACES IS A BANDED MISTURE OF RHODOCHROSITE AND NEOTOCITE

Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT 35 FT. DEPTH; 75 FT. BELOW SHAFT COLLAR A TUNNEL SAID TO BE 215 FT. LONG, AND IS SAID TO BE CONNECTED TO SHAFT BY A COMPLICATED SERIES OF WORKINGS

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BED OF MANGANESE OXIDE IN WHITE CHERT; RANGING FROM 1 - 5 FT. AVE 2.5 FT. THICK. OXIDE ORE GRADES DOWNWARD INTO RHODOCHROSITE - NEOTOCITE ORE. SOME PLACES ORE NEARLY PURE COARSE GRAINED CARBONATE.

Comment (Location): LOCATED NE 1/4 OF SECTION 12

References

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 46, NO.2, APRIL, 1950, P.343, PL. 58

Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 125, P.97

Reference (Deposit): BULL. 152, P.18-19

Reference (Deposit): BULL. 140 , PL. 1 (GEOLOGY)

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