The Rattlesnake is a manganese mine located in Glenn county, California at an elevation of 1,250 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: 1,250 Feet (381 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 39.43806, -122.56722
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Rattlesnake MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rattlesnake
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Glenn
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Brown And Moore
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
Analytical Data: ESTIMATED OVER 35 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Production): SOME 75 TONS OF ORE WAS SHIPPED IN 1918. IDLE. HIGH GRADE OXIDE ORE IN RED JASPER BEDS NEAR SERP.CONTACT. BEDS STRIKE NW; DIP NEARLY VERTICAL. THE ORE DOES NOT OUTCROP BUT JASPER WITH MN STAINS OUTCROPS 300' SE.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, DRIFT, THREE CUTS.
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN SE 1/4 SECTION 6 , UTM APPROX ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Deposit): PROSPECT ON MF-279. IT SEEMS POSSIBLE THAT MOST OF THE ORE MAY HAVE BEEN REMOVED. ONLY 5 OR 10 TONS ARE IN SIGHT. SOME OF THE ORE SEEN MIGHT RUN 50 PERCENT MANGANESE BUT MOST OF THE MATERIAL EXPOSED CONTAINS YELLOW-BROWN CHERT WHICH WOULD LOWER THE GRADE CONSIDERABLY.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BLACK OXIDE ORE OCCURS IN POCKETS AND IRREGULAR MASSES IN MASSIVE, YELLOW-BROWN QUARTZOSE CHERT. THE ORE IS PSILOMELANE AND INCLUDES PYROLUSITE. THE MASSIVE CHERT IS OVERLAIN BY THIN-BEDDED GREEN CHERT, MIXED WITH SOME WHITE AND RED CHERT. THE CHERT IS BOUND BY A FAULT CONTACT WITH SHALE AND SANDSTONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 48, NO. 1, JAN. 1952, PP. 39-40, 51
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 152, 1950, PP. 62-3
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