Black Ace Claim

The Black Ace Claim is a mine located in Riverside county, California at an elevation of 1,880 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Black Ace Claim
Secondary: Doran Mine
Secondary: Black Ace Mine
Secondary: New Ace No. 1 Claim

Commodity

Tertiary: Manganese

Location

State: California
County: Riverside

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Other

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Federal Goverment
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1976

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1929
Discovery Year: 1915
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

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Psilomelane
Unknown: Pyrolusite

Comments

Not available

References

Reference (Deposit): TRENGOVE-RECON OF CALIF. MN DEPS-U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF

Reference (Deposit): INVESTIGATION 5579, 1960.

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-14, 1977,

Reference (Deposit): P. 817-820.

Reference (Deposit): TRASK-GEO DESCRIP MN DEPS OF CALIF-CALIF. DIV. MINES

Reference (Deposit): BULLETIN 152, APRIL.

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