Hogan-Mallery Tin Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Tin
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212342
MRDS ID W017817
MAS/MILS ID 0060290003
Record type Site
Current site name Hogan-Mallery Tin Mine
Alternate or previous names Hogan Tin Mine, Meeke Tin Mine, Tejon Tin Project, Meeke-Hogan Mine, Meeke-Hogan Tin Mine
Related records 10110529

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.74232, 34.8372 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Liebre Ranch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009 N 018 W 25 S2NESW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Unknown
Tridymite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.74232, 34.8372

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10M
    Length 50M
    Width 3M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 4M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 STOCKWORK
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #3 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 DOLOMITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 SERICITIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 4
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 830316

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 1918

Mining district

District name Gorman

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WIESE J.H., AND PAGE L.R., TIN DEPOSITS OF THE GORMAN

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT, COUNTY, CALIF., CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL.,

  • Deposit

    V. 42, NO. 1, 1946, P. 31.

  • Deposit

    BEDFORD, R.H., AND RICKER, S.R., INVESTIGATION OF THE HOGIN

  • Deposit

    TIN, KERN COUNTY, CA: USBM RI 4609, 1949, P. 1-10.

  • Deposit

    WIESE, J.H., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCCES OF THE NEENACH

  • Deposit

    QUAD, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 153, 1950,

  • Deposit

    P. 53.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 1, 1962, P. 290-

  • Deposit

    294.

  • Deposit

    GRAY, C.H., TIN IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF CA.:

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 191, 1966, P. 422-425.

  • Deposit

    USGS-MRDS/GSC ID, LIST AS OF JUNE 94.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LISTED AS THE "MEEKE-HOGAN MINE" BY THE USGS UNDER THE MILS GSC ID #.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-AUG-1995 Raney, Russell G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.