The Black Jack Mine is a iron mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 4,134 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: 4,134 Feet (1,260 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 34.9958, -115.54310
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Black Jack Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Jack Mine
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kirnig, Frank And Barbara
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1982
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1901
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LOS ANGELES MINING REVIEW, JANUARY, 31, 1903, IRON ORES.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINE OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): MLA 47-86, APPENDIX B, NO. 118, P. 291.
Reference (Deposit): HAZZARD, J. C., 1954, ROCKS AND STRUCTURE OF THE NORTHERN
Reference (Deposit): PROVIDENCE MOUNTAINS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA,
Reference (Deposit): IN JAHNS, R. H., ED., GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 170, CHAPTER 4,
Reference (Deposit): P. 27-35, MAP SHEETS.
Reference (Deposit): MOYLE, P. R., AND OTHERS, 1986, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE
Reference (Deposit): PROVIDENCE MOUNTAINS STUDY AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY,
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