The Mc Murtry Prospect is a mine located in Fresno county, California.
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Mine Info
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Mc Murtry Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mc Murtry Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Fresno
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
Deposit Size: S
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE 10 TO 20 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Rhodonite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): NO PROBABLE ECONOMIC VALUE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: DUMPS REVEAL FRAGMENTS OF RHODONITE QUARTZ ROCK (METACHERT) CUT BY QUARTZ VEINS. RHODONITE PARTIALLY OXIDIZED TO PSILOMELANE AND PYROLUSITE. THE ORE PROBABLY RUNS 10 TO 20 % MN AND IS HIGH IN SILICA. IN THE VICINITY ARE EXPOSURES OF QUARTZ BIOTITE SCHIST RICH IN QUARTZ.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL 152 1950 P. 54
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