The Bevins-Busch is a manganese mine located in Mendocino county, California.
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Bevins-Busch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bevins-Busch
Secondary: Lee
Secondary: Potter Valley
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Mendocino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: H. A. Dickey Et Al.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
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: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Chert
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Geology): ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L. MASSVE PSILOMELANE 1 1/2 TO 2 1/2 FT. THICK EXPOSED IN 6 LENSES; FOOTWALL OF ORE BODY IS WELL-BEDDED RED RADIOLARIAN CHERT AND THE HANGING WALL IS MASSIVE CHERT THAT HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT BRECCIATED. (D.O.M. BULL. 152, P. 112 INDICATES PRODUCTION AS HAVING BEEN ONLY 200 TONS, MOSTLY AFTER 1917). ; GEOL.DESC: MASSIVE PSILOMELANE ORE BODIES IN WELL-BEDDED RED RADIOLARIAN CHERT. SOME PYROLUSITE IS PRESENT. NUMEROUS FAULTS CUT THE ORE BODIES.
Comment (Deposit): MASSVE PSILOMELANE 1 1/2 TO 2 1/2 FT. THICK EXPOSED IN 6 LENSES; FOOTWALL OF ORE BODY IS WELL-BEDDED RED RADIOLARIAN CHERT AND THE HANGING WALL IS MASSIVE CHERT THAT HAS BEEN SOMEWHAT BRECCIATED. (D.O.M. BULL. 152, P. 112 INDICATES PRODUCTION AS HAVING BEEN ONLY 200 TONS, MOSTLY AFTER 1917)
Comment (Location): 4 WORKINGS, UTM APPROX.
Comment (Production): ABOUT 2,000 TO 3000 TONS OF ORE WERE MINED AT THIS PROPERTY BUT IT IS NOW IDLE AND CLAIMS HAVE PROBABLY BEEN ABANDONED. IN 1923, IT WAS SAID MUCH LOW GRADE ORE REMAINED, OUTCROPPING AT INTERVALS FOR SEVERAL MI. ALONG RIDGE
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 49, NO. 4, OCT., 1953, PP. 362-3, 384
Reference (Deposit): REPORT OF STATE MINERALOGIST 25, 1925, P. 463
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 112
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 133
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