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Black Ace Mine

Past Producer in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity 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 10285840
MRDS ID W024543
MAS/MILS ID 0060650026
Record type Site
Current site name Black Ace Mine
Alternate or previous names Black Ace Claim, Doran Mine, New Ace No. 1 Claim
Related records 10077107

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -115.05751, 33.89085 (WGS84)
Elevation 573
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palen Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eagle Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 003 S 018 E 23 NESWSE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -115.05751, 33.89085
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 75E
    Thickness 3M
    Length 320M
    Width 130M
    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 METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N20E:75E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 1HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Year of first production 1929

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Federal Goverment
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRENGOVE-RECON OF CALIF. MN DEPS-U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF

  • Deposit

    INVESTIGATION 5579, 1960.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-14, 1977,

  • Deposit

    P. 817-820.

  • Deposit

    TRASK-GEO DESCRIP MN DEPS OF CALIF-CALIF. DIV. MINES

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 152, APRIL.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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