The Witter Springs is a mine located in Lake county, California.
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Mine Info
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Witter Springs MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Witter Springs
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Lake
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Witter Medical Springs, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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: 10 TO 20 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE BODY ENCLOSED IN THIN BEDDED RADIOLARIAN CHERTS AND SHALES. ORE BED IS PARALLEL WITH CHERT BEDDING PLANE, STRIKING N 30 W, AND DIPPING 55 E, AND IS CUT OFF BY FAULT AT S. END. ORE BODY IS INTERLAYERED BANDS AND LENSES OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS, WITH A ROUGH STRATIFICATION OF ABRUPT AND GRADUAL TRANSITIONS. JASPER IS ASSOCIATED WITH A BROWN OPALINE ORE, AND CUT BY VEINLETS OF A PINK MANGANIFEROUS CARBONATE. CONSIDERABLE NEOTOCITE IS PRESENT.
Comment (Location): NEAR THE CENTER OF THE S. LINE OF SECTION 32
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT 55 FT. LONG
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. B. 125, 1943, P. 128
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. BULL.152, PP. 99-100
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