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B. H. P. Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Manganese, Silica, Talc-Soapstone
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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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212197
MRDS ID M020045
MAS/MILS ID 0060290005
Record type Site
Current site name B. H. P. Mine
Alternate or previous names Manganese Queen Mine
Related records 10033480

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -117.6867, 35.32109 (WGS84)
Elevation 4000
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johannesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(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
Mount Diablo 030 S 040 E 16 SESE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Talc-Soapstone Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rhodonite Unknown
Spessartite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -117.6867, 35.32109
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 50S
    Thickness 0.6M
    Length 195M
    Width 10M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N30E:50S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 5HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Randsburg

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Marvin,H. B.;44517 N. Sierra Highway;Lancaster,Calif.93534
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1975
    First year 1975

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER ADDRESS IS 44517 N. SIERRA HIGHWAY, LANCASTER, CALIF. 93534.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 152, 1950, P. 84.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 1, 1962, MAP NO.

  • Deposit

    444, P. 239.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LISTED AS THE "MANGANESE QUEEN MINE" BY THE USGS FOR THE GSC ID LISTED IN MILS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-AUG-1995 Burnett U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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