The Hale Creek Mine is a manganese mine located in Trinity county, California at an elevation of 2,999 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: 2,999 Feet (914 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 40.36611, -123.46750
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Hale Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hale Creek Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Trinity
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE 42 PERCENT MANGANESE, 1 PERCENT IRON, AND 21 PERCENT SILICA
Materials
Ore: Bementite
Ore: Hausmannite
Ore: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Barite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED IN NW 1/4 SECTION 23 , UTM APPROX, ALTITUDE DOES NOT CORRESPOND WITH SECTION LOCATION
Comment (Geology): ORE HOSTED IN FRANCISCAN COMPLEX--L. TO L. ; GEOL.DESC: NEARLY FLAT LYING MASSIVE TABULAR LENS 150 FT. LONG, 3 TO 12 FT. THICK, ENCLOSED IN FRANCISCAN CHERT AND SANDSTONE. CHERT FORMS THIN ENVELOPE SEPARATING ORE FROM SANDSTONE. NEAR W. END OF ORE BODY IS 1 TO 5 FT. OF BUFF OR GREENISH CHERT INTERBEDDED WITH THINLY LAMINATED RED SHALE. NEAR E. END ORE IS SEPARATED FROM SANDSTONE ABOVE BY ONLY 6 INCHES OF WHITE CHERT. GREENSTONE NEAR W. END APPEARS INTRUSIVE. ORE IS MAINLY DARK BROWN-REDDISH HAUSMANNITE, WITH SOME BEMENTITE AND RHODOCHROSITE. THESE ARE CUT BY VEINS OF CALCITE, RHODOCHROSITE, BEMENTITE, AND BARITE. SOME COPPER MINERALS, INESITE, AND MANGANIFEROUS AMPHIBOLE WERE PRESENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 316 - 319
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 198
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