The Airola Mine is a mine located in Calaveras county, California.
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Mine Info
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Airola Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Airola Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Calaveras
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Some Ore Lenses Have Been Subjected To Complex Folding And Faulting.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Rhodonite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN E 1/2 SW 1/4 SECTION 35
Comment (Workings): CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE IN 1940; ORE WAS SORTED AND PILED ON SEVERAL DUMPS AT THE PROPERTY, BUT NONE WAS SHIPPED. IDLE SINCE THEN.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: WALL ROCKS ARE PHYLLITES OR SERICITE SCHIST OF CALAVERAS SERIES. MANGANESE OXIDE ORE LIES IN MASSIVE META-CHERT, IN SHORT STUMPY LENSES ENCLOSED IN THE SCHIST. BOTH META-CHERT AND ORE ARE CUT BY NUMEROUS QUARTZ VEINS. THE UNOXIDIZED PRIMARY MANGANESE MINERALS ARE PINK RHODONITE AND GARNET (PRESUMABLY SPESSARITE). SOME PORPHYRITIC DIKES ( 3 TO 6 INCHES ) CUT THROUGH ENCLOSING SCHISTS AND ORE BODIES, THESE MAY BE ANDESITIC.
Comment (Deposit): ADD. REF.: CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2, P. 211 AND PL. D; USGS MR-23; MAP GQ-222; MAP GP-561; CDM BULL. 195, P. 22
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. SP. REPT. 41, P. 52 AND PL. 3; B. 152, P. 38-40; B. 125, P. 106
Reference (Deposit): EC. MINERAL MAP NO. 5, 1943
Reference (Deposit): USBM R.I. 5579, P. 22
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