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Mud Hills Mine

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Zeolites
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023741
MRDS ID I001165
MAS/MILS ID 0060711848
Record type Site
Current site name Mud Hills Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -116.9877, 35.0171 (WGS84)
Elevation 900
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 15 KMS N OF BARSTOW AND 2 KMS W OF COPPER CITY ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lane Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(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 San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011 N 001 W 28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zeolites Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY SCIENTISTS DETERMINED THAT CLINOPTILOLITE FROM THE MUD HILLS MINE OUT PERFORMED 14 OTHER COMMERCAILLY AVAILABLE NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC ZEOLTIES IN REMOVING RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES FROM NUCLEAR WASTE MATERIALS (1988).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clinoptilolite Ore

Analytical data

Result THE CELL SPACING AND PHYSICAL CHARACTER OF CLINOPTILOLITE IS WELL-SUITED TO ABSORB SESIUM-137 AND STRONTIUM-90 (NUCLEAR WASTE ISOTOPES).

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Barstow Formation
    Rock description Barstow Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -116.9877, 35.0171
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Closed Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Gentle Folding

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 15S
    Thickness 5M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1981
Year of last production 1984

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Steelhead Resources, Ltd.
    First year 1992

Comments on the production information

  • AT LEAST SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED. PIT RUN MATERIAL RUNS 70-90% CLINOPTILOLITE WITHIN THE DEPOSIT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATED RESERVES ARE 207,000 ST. DESCRIBED AS PREMIER DEPOSIT/USED FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE TREATMENT. CAMPAIGN MINING.

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY OCCIDENTAL MINERALS CORPORATION (1978-1982) AND PHELPS DODGE ZEOLITES (1982-1988). ; ECON.COM: MOST PRODUCTION FROM THIS MINE WAS SOLD TO BRITISH NUCLEAR FUELS, LTD. FOR ABSORPTION OF NUCLEAR WASTE SPILLAGE. SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF CLINOPTILOLITE-BEARING MATERIAL IS STORED AT THE MINE IN BULK PRODUCT BAGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • General

    STEELHEAD RESOURCES LTD. ANNUAL REPORT 1987, SPOKANE, WA., 15 p.

  • Deposit

    RAPP, J.S., AND VREDENBURGH, L.M., 1992, INDUSTRIAL MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF TERTIARY PLAYA DEPOSITS OF THE FORT IRWIN AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: SOCIETY FOR MINING, METALLURGY, AND EXPLORATION, INC. PREPRINT NO. 92-44, 9 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZEOLITE OCCURS IN AN AIR FAL RHYOLITE TUFF. THE MAIN ZEOLITE-BEARING UNIT IS 3-6 M THICK AND LATERALLY CONTINUOUS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-92 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 06-JAN-11 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Correcte location
Reporter 16-SEP-93 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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