The Phillips is a manganese mine located in Lake county, California at an elevation of 2,251 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: 2,251 Feet (686 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 39.14389, -122.97750
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Phillips MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Phillips
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Lake
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: W. S. Phillips
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE 45 TO 50 PERCENT METALLIC MANGANESE AND 10 PERCENT SILICA.
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE ORE WAS JUDGED TO RUN ABOUT 45 TO 50% OF METALLIC MANGANESE AND 10% OF SILICA. LARGE BROS. SHIPPED MN IN 1954 3RD LARGEST PRODUCER IN CO. IN ABOUT 1960. COUNTRY ROCK IS RADIOLARIAN CHERT.
Comment (Geology): ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L. ; GEOL.DESC: RADIOLARIAN CHERT IS INTERCALATED IN SANDSTONE OF THE FRANCISCAN GROUP. THE CHERT STRIKES N. DIPS STEEPLY W, AND YIELDS MANGANESE ORE. THE ORE OCCURS AS LENSES IN CHERT, AND IS MOSTLY SOFT, BLACK MANGANESE OXIDE WITH A DULL METALLIC LUSTER. ORE LENSES ARE PARALLEL TO CHERT BEDDING.
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SECTION 16 (GRANDVIEW WHITE ROCK) MINE SYMBOL ON TOPO MAP. MINE CONSISTS OF WORKINGS NOS. 1 TO 8
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION 150 TO 999 TONS. MINED OUT?
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW OPEN CUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. B. 125, 1943, P. 127
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. BULL. 152, PP. 95-97
Reference (Deposit): CDM MAP SHEET 10
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