The Barbour Prospect is a mine located in Tulare county, California.
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Mine Info
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Barbour Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Barbour Prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Tulare
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: QUARTZ VEIN 1 1/2 FT. THICK CONSISTS OF CLEAR GLASSY QUARTZ COATED BY SOFT, BLACK, SOOTY, IMPURE PYROLUSITE. ABOUT 4 INCHES ON S. SIDE OF VEIN IS MOSTLY PYROLUSITE, REST IS QUARTZ. QUARTZ ALSO STAINED WITH LIMONITE AND HEMATITE. VEIN IN HIGHLY ALTERED GRANITIC ROCK. LESS ALTERED ROCKS IN VICINITY HAVE COMPOSITION CLOSE TO BIOTITE GRANODIORITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 341 - 342
Reference (Deposit): TRASK, PARKER. NOTES ON THE MANGANESE RESOURCES OF CALIF., 1944 , UNPUB.
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