The Hanes Creek is a manganese mine located in Humboldt county, California at an elevation of 98 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 98 Feet (30 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 40.89222, -124.07083
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Hanes Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hanes Creek
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Humboldt
Land Status
Land ownership: County
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: William Dawkins And Associates
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Type: L
Description: Main Ore Body Is Faulted.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE GRADE 40 PERCENT MANGANESE, 15 PERCENT SILICA.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SHOWN IN BULL. 176; MR-23, NOT SHOWN ON FIG. 13, BULL. 179.
Comment (Production): ABOUT 12 TONS OF ORE MINED. IN THE FIELD, THE AVERAGE GRADE OF THE ORE BODY WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 40 PERCENT MANGANESE AND 15 PERCENT SILICA. A SAMPLE COLLECTED FOR ANALYSIS FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE FACE GAVE MANGANESE, 41.5 PERCENT IRON, 5.5 PERCENT;SILICA, 8.1 PERCENT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BLACK OXIDE ORE BODY IS NEARLY VERTICAL, ENCLOSED IN DECOMPOSED FELDSPATHIC ROCK, PROBABLY TUFF. SHALE IS INTERBEDDED, AND A ZONE OF CHERT NODULES IS PARALLEL TO THE ORE 2 OR 3 FEET AWAY. JOINTS IN THE FAULTED ORE BODY ARE COATED WITH STICKY YELLOW CLAY OR OCHER.
References
Reference (Deposit): DOM BULL. 152, 1950, PP. 69-70
Reference (Deposit): PSFC REPORT. BULL. 176, FIG. 1
Reference (Deposit): MAS BACKUP FILE WFOC, OCT. 1941 , P. 506
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