The Black Hawk is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 3,560 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,560 Feet (1,085 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.34556, -117.62333
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Black Hawk MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Hawk
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYED BETWEEN $12-$60 AU/TON
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): THE PITTSBURG SHAFT (700 DEEP) PASSED INTO N30E-TRENDING FISSURES, DIPPING 60-65 NE. THEY ARE FILLED W/ QUARTZ AND CALCITE, MINERALIZED W/ PYRITE AND SOME STIBNITE.
Comment (Workings): 600 FT. INCLINE WITH LEVELS AT 100, 200, 250, 450 AND 600 FT. LEVEL WORKINGS TOTAL NEARLY 7500 FT. IN LENGTH. 5-STAMP AMALGAMATION MILL
Comment (Deposit): 8 CLAIMS, INCLUDING THE PITTSBURG, MT. SHASTA AND GARFORD LEASE WORKINGS. TUCKER & SAMPSON (1940) PLACE MINE IN KERN CO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM EST. N 1/2 N 1/2
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Deposit): 3 VEINS, 18 IN-3 1/2 FT. THICK
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J. 1940, CURRENT MINING ACTIVITY IN SOUTHERN CALIF.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36, P. 29
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1&2, P. 72
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1929, REPORT OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, V. 25, CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY, P. 29
Reference (Production): WRIGHT (1953)
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