Owl's Head Mine

The Owl's Head Mine is a iron mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 2,526 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

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Site Name

Primary: Owl's Head Mine
Secondary: New Deal Mine
Secondary: Owl Hole Mine - 0060711671
Secondary: Enna

Commodity

Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Aluminum
Tertiary: Silica

Location

State: California
County: San Bernardino

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: State Of California
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1975

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Discovery Year: 1914
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Jasper
Unknown: Psilomelane
Unknown: Pyrolusite

Comments

Not available

References

Reference (Deposit): EAST OWLSHEAD MOUNTAINS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALI-

Reference (Deposit): FORNIA: M.S. THESIS, UNIV. SOUTHERN CALIF., 77 P.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 14-85, 1985, TABLE 1,

Reference (Deposit): NO. 19, P. 17.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5579, 1960, P. 43.

Reference (Deposit): CALZIA, J.P., 1974, IGNEOUS GEOLOGY OF A PART OF THE SOUTH-

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 152, 1950, P. 203-205.

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