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Black Magic Mines

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Sulfur
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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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10261867
MRDS ID M024280
MAS/MILS ID 0060710031
Record type Site
Current site name Black Magic Mines
Alternate or previous names Ruby J., Emma Deposit
Related records 10095282

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.67557, 35.66939 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 019 N 003 E 29 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.67557, 35.66939
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 18M
    Length 366M
    Width 4M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Date of Last Modification 830519
  • Strike N70W
    Dip 90S
    Thickness 30M
    Length 65M
    Width 6M
    Depth to top 3M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N70W:90S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 3
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830519
  • Area 20HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1942

Mining district

District name Owl Mountains

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 152, 1950, P. 195.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5579, 1960, P. 43.

  • Deposit

    CALZIA, J.P., 1974, IGNEOUS GEOLOGY OF A PART OF THE SOUTH-

  • Deposit

    EASE OWLSHEAD MOUNTAINS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALI-

  • Deposit

    FORNIA: M.S. THESIS, UNIV. OF SOUTHERN CALIF., 77 P.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 14-85, 1985, TABLE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 10, P. 15.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-MAY-1993 Mcmahan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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