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Meeke-Hogan Mine

Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Tin
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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. 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 10110529
MRDS ID W017817
Record type Site
Current site name Meeke-Hogan Mine
Alternate or previous names Meeke, Hogan-Mallery
Related records 10212342

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.74231, 34.83722 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Relative position ON A FLAT SPUR HALFWAY BETWEEN ALAMOS AND BLACK CANYON ABOUT 0.5 MI. FROM EDGE OF VALLEY FLOOR, ON S. SLOPE OF THE TEHACHAPI RANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Liebre Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 009N 018W 25 California

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION IS APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE HAD SMALL AMOUNT OF IMPURITIES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE SHIPPED 36 TO 49 PERCENT TIN, AVERAGE GRADE 40 PERCENT TIN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.74231, 34.83722
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TIN DEPOSIT IS IN BLEACHED, RECRYSTALLIZED LIMESTONE, ABOUT 200 FT. FROM NEAREST OUTCROP OF GRANITE. 4 MAIN FAULTS CUT THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. THE E. NORMAL FAULT DIPS 70 E., AND MOVED THE W. BLOCK N. AS MUCH AS 1000 FT. THE N. FAULT STRIKES N 60 E AND DIPS NEAR VERTICAL, WITH THE N. BLOCK ABOUT 120 FT. S.W. RELATIVE TO S. BLOCK. TWO SMALLER FAULTS STRIKE N 60 E AND DIP 45 OR MORE S.E. JOINT SETS STRIKE E. AND DIP 70 TO 80 S, AND N 50 W, DIPPING STEEPLY. A FLAT LYING DOLOMITE THRUST SHEET PROBABLY EXTENDED ABOVE THE DEPOSIT A FEW FEET ABOVE PRESENT SURFACE. CASSITERITE OCCURS AS DARK BROWN GRAINS AND CRYSTALS UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER, BUT MOST GRAINS ARE SMALL. IT OCCURS AS STRINGER, CLUSTERS, AND DISSEMINATIONS THROUGHOUT GOSSAN. OTHER MINERALS PRESENT ARE MAGNETITE, TOURMALINE, PYRITE, EPIDOTE, GARNET, CHALCOPYRITE, CALCITE, LUDWIGITE, ARSENOPYRITE, GALENA, SCHEELITE AND POWELLITE. ACTIONS OF HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS IN CONTACT METAMORPHIC ZONES HAVE ALTERED
  • ROCK EXTREMELY. WEST ORE BODY IS 275 FT. LONG, 40 FT. WIDE, LENSING OUT AT BOTH ENDS. E. ORE BODY IS 100 FT. LONG, UP TO 30 FT. WIDE, LENTICULAR IN SHAPE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gorman

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. M. AND G., VOL. 42 , NO. 1 , JAN. 1946 , PP. 37 - 45

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INV. REPT. 3876 PP. 6 - 7 , INV. REPT. 4609 , 1949 , PP. 1 - 4

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 153 , 1950 , PP 45 - 46

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 176 , 1957 , P. 643

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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