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Black Widow Mine

Past Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Manganese
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10235991
MRDS ID W023671
MAS/MILS ID 0060250005
Record type Site
Current site name Black Widow Mine
Alternate or previous names Black Angus Mine, Black Angus, Angus No. 2
Related records 10076582

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -114.9627, 33.38866 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wiley Well(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trigo Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 009 S 019 E 23 NEW2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Older Quaternary alluvium and marine deposits
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 60S
    Thickness 2M
    Length 150M
    Width 15M
    Depth to top 5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 CARBONITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 PROPYLITIC
    Strike And Dip N40W:60S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 2HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Year of first production 1954

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wardlow, Morris And Shirley
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5579, 1960, P. 33.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 7, 1977, P. 73.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Niemi U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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