The Black Eagle and Newport Manganese Mines is a manganese mine located in Riverside county, California.
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Mine Info
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Black Eagle and Newport Manganese Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Eagle and Newport Manganese Mines
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Riverside
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: Slate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Rhodonite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): ONE TYPE OF TEAR WILL BE OPAQUE WHEN TUMBLES, THE OTHER BEAUTIFULLY BANDED, A FEW WITH CHATOYANT (CAT'S EYE) EFFECTS, MOST ARE SMALL (MARBLE SIZED).
Comment (Location): FIELD LOCATED ON BOTH SIDES OF CREEK BUT GREATEST CONCENTRATION ON FLAT MESA AND ITS LOWER SLOPES; LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF BURRO CREEK CAMPGROUND
Comment (Development): TEARS LACK SPARKLE AND APPEAR LIKE SMALL CHUNKS OF COAL AND ARE BEST SEEN WHEN WALKING AWAY FROM SUN WITH SUN AT LOW ANGLE
Comment (Geology): BEDROCK INCLUDES RHYOLITIC TO ANDESITIC VOLCANIC ROCKS, MIOCENE TO MIDDLE MIOCENE IN AGE
Comment (Deposit): DO NOT ASSUME THAT THIS RECORD GIVES PERMISSION TO COLLECT IN THE AREA DESCRIBED HERE. LAND STATUS CAN CHANGE AND COLLECTORS NEED TO CHECK LOCALLY OR WITH THE COUNTY RECORDERS OFFICE.
Comment (Location): AGUA CALIENTE INDIAN RESERVATION. LAT-LONG TAKEN FROM CENTER OF SECTION 23 (W/2).
Comment (Deposit): OXIDIZED RHODONITE IN CHERT, 30-35% MN.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS, 70 FT SHAFT.
References
Reference (Deposit): SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 150
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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