Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model97: Volcanogenic Mn
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENS, BLANKET
Ore controlSedimentary Beds
Materials
Ore mineralsBraunite, Hematite, Manganite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite
GangueBementite, Chalcedony, Jasper, Rhodonite
Geology
Host rockGreenstone · Pumpernickel Formation;;;
Associated rockDiorite
StructureFolding
AlterationSilicification
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1947
Identification
Deposit ID10045119
MRDS IDM232786
Alternate namesCharleston Hills Mining Co.
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.68907, -117.55124
References
FERGUSON, H.G., MULLER S.W., AND ROBERTS, R.J., 1951, GEOLOGY OF WINNEMUCCA QUADRANGLE, PERSHING D HUMBOLDT COUNTIES, NEVADA: USGS MAP GQ-11.STAFF, 1983, UNPUBLISHED USBM CRIB DATA: NBMG UNPUBLISHED (TINGLEY) FILES.SHIBLER, B.K., AND WELLS R.R., 1951, CONNTRATION OF OXIDE AND SILICATE MANGANESE ORES FROM THE VICINITY OF GOLCONDA NEVADA: USBM REPORT ON INVESTIGATION 4754.TRENGROVE, R.R., 1959, RECONNAISSANCE OF NEVADA MANGANESE DEPOSITS: USBM REPORT ON INVESTIGATION 5446.PARDEE, J.T., AND NES, E.L., 1920, CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY: USGS BULL. 710-F, P. 239-240.TRENGROVE (1959), P16.