The Black Dream Deposit is a mine located in Inyo county, California.
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Mine Info
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Black Dream Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Dream Deposit
Secondary: Wingate Wash
Commodity
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE ESTIMATED 25 PERCENT MN
Materials
Gangue: Iron
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE BODY IS A FISSURE DEPOSIT IN TERTIARY CONGLOMERATE AND SANDSTONE AND IS BROKEN BY MANY SMALL CROSS FAULTS. SOOTY MANGANESE IN SHORT LENSES ARE THROUGHOUT A ZONE 50 TO 75 FEET WIDE, AND THE LARGEST LENS IS 3 FT. WIDE. MANY LENSES ARE LESS THAN 8 INCHES THICK. IRON OXIDE AND CALCITE ARE ABUNDANT.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 121
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 81
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