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Black Magic

Occurrence in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095282
MRDS ID M024280
Record type Site
Current site name Black Magic
Alternate or previous names Emma, Owl Hole
Related records 10261867

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.68031, 35.67277 (WGS84)
Relative position SE PART OF OWLSHEAD MTS.

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 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACCT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES REPORTEDLY INDICATE 50% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.68031, 35.67277
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 182.88M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harold W. Orwig (Estate)

Comments on the workings information

  • 180 FT. OF OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A., ET. AL., 1953; MINERAL RESOURCES SAN BERNARDINO, CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 65, (TABULATED LIST OF MINES)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PART OF BLACK MAGIC MANGANESE MINE. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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