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Harrington Prospect Manganese Mine Claim

Occurrence in Calaveras county in California, United States with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10029428
MRDS ID M006945
Record type Site
Current site name Harrington Prospect Manganese Mine Claim
Related records 10138223

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.40433, 38.11352 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MI. E-SE OF MURPHYS AND 12.5 MI. E-NE OF ANGELS CAMP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Calaveras(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Andreas(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Stanislaus(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Calaveras

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 014E 14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodonite Ore
Spessartite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 35 TO 42 PERCENT MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.40433, 38.11352
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 4.57M
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS IN A LENS WITH EXPOSED LENGTH OF 15' AND A WIDTH OF 1'-3'; IS ENCLOSED IN QUARTZ SCHIST. WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE OF THE SURFACE THE OXIDIZED MATERIAL PASSES INTO ONLY PARTLY OXIDIZED MANGANESE GARNET. QUARTZ IS ALWAYS PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Murphys

Comments on the workings information

  • 20' SHAFT; DRIFTS RUN TO THE W FOR 12' AND TO THE E FOR 8'. ABOUT 8 OR 10 TONS OF 35-42% ORE HAVE BEEN MINED BUT NO ORE HAS BEEN SHIPPED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. B. 152, P. 44 AND 43; B. 125, P. 107

  • Deposit

    EC. MINERAL MAP NO. 5, 1943

  • Deposit

    USBM R.I. 5579, P. 22

  • Deposit

    CALIF. COUNTY REPT. NO. 2 , P. 212

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1977 Von Dohlen, E.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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