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Black Jack

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036191
MRDS ID M024253
Record type Site
Current site name Black Jack
Related records 10140823

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.65972, 34.58363 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Relative position 5 AIRLINE MILES NE FROM AMBOY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amboy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Amboy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 006N 013E 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • N 1/2: UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 55 % FE, .10 % S, .003 % P IN SELECTED SAMPLES

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Syenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.65972, 34.58363
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Length 19.81M
    Width 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. W. Gray

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION VALUES AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1964: SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., VOL. III, P. 131

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A. ET AL, 1953: MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES SAN BERNARDINO; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 91-93.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR LENSES OF THINLY BANDED MAGNETITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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