USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Santa Clara County
Winship Leases
Unconfirmed Manganese Mixed Underground / Surface 2 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Santa Clara
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Manganese
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former Mn occurrence/mine located in the SE¼ sec. 27, T5S, R4E, MDM, 4.1 km (2.5 miles) ESE of Eylar Mountain (coordinates of record), along the E canyon wall of Arroyo Mocho, on the divide between Pulse Canyon on the S and Turner Gulch on the N, on …
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 2 adit symbols
- Adit : Eylar Mountain , 1955
- Adit : Eylar Mountain , 1955
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Aitken, A. C. · Historical operator · 1974
- K. D Winship Estate · Source-reported owner · 1974
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Chert
- commodity:Manganese
- Manganese Oxides
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped adit symbols (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 92384
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (3)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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