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Owl Hole Mine

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Silica
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10141081
MRDS ID I001073
MAS/MILS ID 0060711671
Record type Site
Current site name Owl Hole Mine
Related records 10023667

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.67007, 35.64859 (WGS84)
Elevation 695
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Owl Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Owlshead Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 019 N 003 E 16 SENW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.67007, 35.64859
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 50S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 701M
    Width 30M
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N40W:50S
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830519
  • Area 6HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 6
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Year of first production 1916

Comments on exploration

  • CLAIMS WERE NOT ACTIVE IN 1982

Mining district

District name Owl Hole Spring

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of California
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1983

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PHOSPHOROUS CONTENT IS LESS THAN .02 PERCENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCMAHAN,AREL B.,WILLIAM L.RICE AND MICHAEL SOKASKI,1985:

  • Deposit

    MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE OLWSHEAD WILDERNESS STUDY AREA

  • Deposit

    SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-

  • Deposit

    FILE REPORT MLA 14-85, 1985, TABLE 1, NO. 22, P. 18.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Mcmahan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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