The Meeke-Hogan Mine is a tin mine located in Kern county, California at an elevation of 3,901 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,901 Feet (1,189 Meters)
Commodity: Tin
Lat, Long: 34.83722, -118.74139
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Meeke-Hogan Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Meeke-Hogan Mine
Secondary: Meeke
Secondary: Hogan-Mallery
Commodity
Primary: Tin
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Gorman
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE SHIPPED 36 TO 49 PERCENT TIN, AVERAGE GRADE 40 PERCENT TIN
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Comments
Comment (Geology): ROCK EXTREMELY. WEST ORE BODY IS 275 FT. LONG, 40 FT. WIDE, LENSING OUT AT BOTH ENDS. E. ORE BODY IS 100 FT. LONG, UP TO 30 FT. WIDE, LENTICULAR IN SHAPE.
Comment (Commodity): ORE HAD SMALL AMOUNT OF IMPURITIES
Comment (Location): SECTION IS APPROX.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TIN DEPOSIT IS IN BLEACHED, RECRYSTALLIZED LIMESTONE, ABOUT 200 FT. FROM NEAREST OUTCROP OF GRANITE. 4 MAIN FAULTS CUT THE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. THE E. NORMAL FAULT DIPS 70 E., AND MOVED THE W. BLOCK N. AS MUCH AS 1000 FT. THE N. FAULT STRIKES N 60 E AND DIPS NEAR VERTICAL, WITH THE N. BLOCK ABOUT 120 FT. S.W. RELATIVE TO S. BLOCK. TWO SMALLER FAULTS STRIKE N 60 E AND DIP 45 OR MORE S.E. JOINT SETS STRIKE E. AND DIP 70 TO 80 S, AND N 50 W, DIPPING STEEPLY. A FLAT LYING DOLOMITE THRUST SHEET PROBABLY EXTENDED ABOVE THE DEPOSIT A FEW FEET ABOVE PRESENT SURFACE. CASSITERITE OCCURS AS DARK BROWN GRAINS AND CRYSTALS UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER, BUT MOST GRAINS ARE SMALL. IT OCCURS AS STRINGER, CLUSTERS, AND DISSEMINATIONS THROUGHOUT GOSSAN. OTHER MINERALS PRESENT ARE MAGNETITE, TOURMALINE, PYRITE, EPIDOTE, GARNET, CHALCOPYRITE, CALCITE, LUDWIGITE, ARSENOPYRITE, GALENA, SCHEELITE AND POWELLITE. ACTIONS OF HYDROTHERMAL SOLUTIONS IN CONTACT METAMORPHIC ZONES HAVE ALTERED
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. M. AND G., VOL. 42 , NO. 1 , JAN. 1946 , PP. 37 - 45
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INV. REPT. 3876 PP. 6 - 7 , INV. REPT. 4609 , 1949 , PP. 1 - 4
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 153 , 1950 , PP 45 - 46
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 176 , 1957 , P. 643
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