The New Deal Mine is a manganese mine located in San Bernardino county, California.
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Mine Info
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New Deal Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: New Deal Mine
Secondary: Owl Hole
Secondary: Owl Head
Secondary: Old Hole
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Alluvium
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE GRADE 17 PERCENT MANGANESE
Materials
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR CENTER T/R
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE VEINS CUT A TERTIARY (?) FANGLOMERATE. VEIN MATERIAL IS HEMATITE BLACK MANGANESE OXIDES AND BOULDERS DERIVED FROM THE CONGLOMERATE WALLS. THE ORE ZONE IN THE E. WORKINGS ARE UP TO 30 FT. WIDE, WITH GRANITE BOULDERS IN A MATRIX OF HEMATITE AND MANGANESE OXIDES. THE MAIN WORKINGS IS 2 PARALLEL VEINS, OF BLACK OXIDE ORE. THE MAIN N. VEIN STRIKES N 30 TO 45 W., AND THE S. VEIN STRIKES N 50 W.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 203 - 205
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 163
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