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New Deal Mine

Producer in San Bernardino 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036243
MRDS ID M024318
Record type Site
Current site name New Deal Mine
Alternate or previous names Owl Hole, Owl Head, Old Hole
Related records 10164444

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.69809, 35.64888 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MI. N. W. OF OWL HOLE SPRINGS ON THE S.E. FLANK OF THE OWL MOUNTAINS, IN N.E. SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY

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 018N 003E 18 California

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR CENTER T/R

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE 17 PERCENT MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.69809, 35.64888
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE VEINS CUT A TERTIARY (?) FANGLOMERATE. VEIN MATERIAL IS HEMATITE BLACK MANGANESE OXIDES AND BOULDERS DERIVED FROM THE CONGLOMERATE WALLS. THE ORE ZONE IN THE E. WORKINGS ARE UP TO 30 FT. WIDE, WITH GRANITE BOULDERS IN A MATRIX OF HEMATITE AND MANGANESE OXIDES. THE MAIN WORKINGS IS 2 PARALLEL VEINS, OF BLACK OXIDE ORE. THE MAIN N. VEIN STRIKES N 30 TO 45 W., AND THE S. VEIN STRIKES N 50 W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 203 - 205

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 163

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

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