Mine detail: Big Reef Mine

Previously called 'Black Butte MineBlack Jack ClaimsBobbieEndlineHangoverSullivan'

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long: 34.80421, -116.34195

Resource(B)

Tertiary: Aluminum, Barium-Barite, Calcium, Copper, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica
Other material: Calcite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1938

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1944

Geology

References

MRDSM020111
MAS60710023
DEP10116066
Reference{Deposit:: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 39, 1943, P. 492-493.}{Deposit:: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, P. 114-115.}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOL.. SURVEY MISC. GEOL. INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-476,}{Deposit:: 1966, P. 3 (TEXT).}{Deposit:: JENKINS, O.P., AND OTHERS. MANGANESE IN CALIFORNIA, CALIF.}{Deposit:: DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 125, 1943.}{Deposit:: TRASK, P.O. GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION OF MANGANESE DEPOSITS IN}{Deposit:: CALIFORNIA. CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 152, 1950.}{Deposit:: TRENGOVE, RUSSELL R. RECONNAISSANCE OF CALIFORNA MANGANESE}{Deposit:: DEPOSITS. BUMINES RI 5579, 1960.}{Deposit:: SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY,}{Deposit:: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: P. 138.}
ReporterMcmahan