Black Hawk

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035302
MRDS ID M022601
Record type Site
Current site name Black Hawk
Alternate or previous names Leonard and Halloran
Related records 10188547

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.61367, 35.3036 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE WEST OF ATOLIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Mountain(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)

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 San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030S 041E 19,20,29,30 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.61367, 35.3036

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1906, 1914 - 1918, 1920

Mining district

District name Atolia

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Black Hawk Tungsten Mines Corp.
    Home office M. L. Conroy, 527 Front St., San Pedro

Comments on the production information

  • TUNGSTEN PRODUCTION SMALL - FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 42.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHAFTS, 4,000 FT. OF DRIFTS NONE OF THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS WERE ACCESSIBLE IN 1940.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D. M., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 338 - 339.

  • Deposit

    PARTRIDGE, J. F., 1941, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, NO. 2, P. 285 - 286.

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 112, APPENDIX.

  • Production

    PARTRIDGE, J. F., 1941

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLACK HAWK MINING CO. OWNS A TIER OF 8 (?) PATENTED LODE CLAIMS SOUTH OF REDONDO PETE SHAFT WEST OF ATOLIA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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