The Charles Mountain Woods, Hall is a manganese mine located in Humboldt county, California at an elevation of 3,501 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 40.39861, -123.69111
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Charles Mountain Woods, Hall MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Charles Mountain Woods, Hall
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Humboldt
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: F. M. Doak, James And Joseph Warren
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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 Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE 40 TO 45 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Comments
Comment (Geology): ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L. ; GEOL.DESC: CHERT BEDS CONTAINING BLACK MANGANESE OXIDES WITH CORES OF SILICA, CARBONATE ORE, AND NEOTOCITE OR BEMENTITE. THE CHERT IS FAULTED AGAINST SANDSTONE AND WITHIN THE CHERT THE STRUCTURE IS VERY COMPLEX.
Comment (Deposit): BULL. 152, P. 65 STATES THAT CARBONATE ORE OCCURS AT A SHALLOW DEPTH THROUGHOUT THE CHARLES MT. AREA.
Comment (Location): UTM APPROX, ADITS AND OPEN CUTS IN SW 1/4 SE 1/4 SEC. 2 BUT V. 37 , NO. 4 STATES THAT SMALL MANGANESE OUTCROPS EXTEND FOR NEARLY A MI. S. ALONG RIDGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION THROUGH 1920 IS 742 TONS. MOST OF THE ORE CONTAINS 40 TO 45% MANGANESE. MINE WAS REOPENED IN 1942 & IT WAS PLANNED TO WORK IT YEAR ROUND, WEATHER PERMITTING.
Comment (Workings): THREE TUNNELS AND A WINZE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, NO. 4, OCT. 1941, P. 519
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152, 1950, PP. 64-65
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 5579, P. 6, PL. 1
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