Hogan-Mallery Tin Mine

The Hogan-Mallery Tin Mine is a mine located in Kern county, California at an elevation of 3,901 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: Hogan-Mallery Tin Mine
Secondary: Hogan Tin Mine
Secondary: Meeke Tin Mine
Secondary: Tejon Tin Project
Secondary: Meeke-Hogan Mine
Secondary: Meeke-Hogan Tin Mine

Commodity

Tertiary: Tin

Location

State: California
County: Kern
District: Gorman

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: Unknown

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1918
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

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Tridymite
Unknown: Cassiterite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): LISTED AS THE "MEEKE-HOGAN MINE" BY THE USGS UNDER THE MILS GSC ID #.

References

Reference (Deposit): WIESE J.H., AND PAGE L.R., TIN DEPOSITS OF THE GORMAN

Reference (Deposit): DISTRICT, COUNTY, CALIF., CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL.,

Reference (Deposit): V. 42, NO. 1, 1946, P. 31.

Reference (Deposit): BEDFORD, R.H., AND RICKER, S.R., INVESTIGATION OF THE HOGIN

Reference (Deposit): 294.

Reference (Deposit): GRAY, C.H., TIN IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF CA.:

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 191, 1966, P. 422-425.

Reference (Deposit): USGS-MRDS/GSC ID, LIST AS OF JUNE 94.

Reference (Deposit): TIN, KERN COUNTY, CA: USBM RI 4609, 1949, P. 1-10.

Reference (Deposit): WIESE, J.H., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCCES OF THE NEENACH

Reference (Deposit): QUAD, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 153, 1950,

Reference (Deposit): P. 53.

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 1, 1962, P. 290-

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