Meeke-Hogan Mine

The Meeke-Hogan Mine is a tin mine located in Kern county, California at an elevation of 3,901 feet.

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Mine Info

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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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