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Black Eagle and Newport Manganese Mines

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099488
MRDS ID TC38840
Record type Site
Current site name Black Eagle and Newport Manganese Mines
Related records 10237143

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.54252, 33.72115 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MILES NE OF ELSINORE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palm View Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 005S 004W 23 W2 California

Comments on the location information

  • FIELD LOCATED ON BOTH SIDES OF CREEK BUT GREATEST CONCENTRATION ON FLAT MESA AND ITS LOWER SLOPES; LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF BURRO CREEK CAMPGROUND
  • AGUA CALIENTE INDIAN RESERVATION. LAT-LONG TAKEN FROM CENTER OF SECTION 23 (W/2).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONE TYPE OF TEAR WILL BE OPAQUE WHEN TUMBLES, THE OTHER BEAUTIFULLY BANDED, A FEW WITH CHATOYANT (CAT'S EYE) EFFECTS, MOST ARE SMALL (MARBLE SIZED).

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhodonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.54252, 33.72115
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK INCLUDES RHYOLITIC TO ANDESITIC VOLCANIC ROCKS, MIOCENE TO MIDDLE MIOCENE IN AGE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS, 70 FT SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • TEARS LACK SPARKLE AND APPEAR LIKE SMALL CHUNKS OF COAL AND ARE BEST SEEN WHEN WALKING AWAY FROM SUN WITH SUN AT LOW ANGLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 150

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DO NOT ASSUME THAT THIS RECORD GIVES PERMISSION TO COLLECT IN THE AREA DESCRIBED HERE. LAND STATUS CAN CHANGE AND COLLECTORS NEED TO CHECK LOCALLY OR WITH THE COUNTY RECORDERS OFFICE.
Deposit OXIDIZED RHODONITE IN CHERT, 30-35% MN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1993 Unkefer, Jason U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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