Black Magic Mines

The Black Magic Mines is a manganese and iron mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 2,999 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 Magic Mines
Secondary: Ruby J.
Secondary: Emma Deposit

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Silica
Tertiary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Aluminum

Location

State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Owl Mountains

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: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1975

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1916
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: Psilomelane
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Barite

Comments

Not available

References

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

Reference (Deposit): NO. 10, P. 15.

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 152, 1950, P. 195.

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): EASE OWLSHEAD MOUNTAINS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALI-

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

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