The Foster Mountain Independent, Busch, Lucky Boy is a manganese mine located in Mendocino county, California.
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Foster Mountain Independent, Busch, Lucky Boy MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Foster Mountain Independent, Busch, Lucky Boy
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Mendocino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: L. P. Dodson, Jr.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past 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
Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Workings): LARGE OPEN CUTS, DRIFT AND STOPE.
Comment (Geology): ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L. ; GEOL.DESC: ORE BODY IN CHERT BELT STRIKING AND DIPPING S. W., GENERALLY AT A HIGH ANGLE. CHERT IS CONTORTED, BROKEN AND BRECCIATED BY MANY FAULTS. FOOTWALL IS THIN BEDDED CHERT, AND THE HANGING WALL IS MASSIVE BROWN CHERT WITH THIN FILMS OF MANGANESE OXIDE ON FRACTURE SURFACES. SMALL AMOUNTS OF PYROLUSITE AND PSILOMELANE ARE PRESENT ALONG FISSURES AND FRACTURE SURFACES. HARD SILICEOUS OXIDE ORE IS CUT BY TINY QUARTZ VEINS. PARTLY OXIDIZED BROWN CARBONATE ORE IS ALSO PRESENT.
Comment (Production): ONE OF THE OPERATORS, GEORGE BUSCH, STATED THAT 4,500 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING MORE THAN 45% MANGANESE AND LESS THAN 7% SILICA WERE SHIPPED FROM 1916 TO 1918; ABOUT 1,000 TONS WERE MINED IN 1925; IN 1944 ABOUT 300 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING 47.5% MANGANESE AND 23.8 PERCENT SILICA WERE RECOVERED. NO PRODUCTION RECORDED SINCE 1944.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 49, NO. 4, OCT. 1953, PP. 363, 386
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152, PP. 120-1-2
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