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Mountaineer Mine

Occurrence in Riverside county in California, United States with commodities Manganese, Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033520
MRDS ID M020099
Record type Site
Current site name Mountaineer Mine
Alternate or previous names Calzona Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.49747, 34.04061 (WGS84)
Relative position E. SLOPE OF RIVERSIDE MOUNTAINS, 7 MI. S. OF VIDAL, A STATION ON THE SANTA FE RAILROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Parker SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 001S 024E 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 8.19 PERCENT MANGANESE, 31.64 PERCENT IRON, AND 2.36 PERCENT SILICA.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.49747, 34.04061
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 W
    Dip 75 E.

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIABASE DIKES CUT LIMESTONE AND SCHIST. ; GEOL.DESC: FISSURE IN GRAY TO BUFF, MASSIVE LIMESTONE. THE FISSURE STRIKES N. 20 W. AND DIPS 75 E. THE LIMESTONE IS INTERBEDDED WITH QUARTZITE. MANGANESE AND IRON OXIDES OCCUR ALONG THE FISSURES. SOME IRREGULAR POCKETS OF ORE ARE 2 TO 3 FT. THICK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 1912-1916: 300 TONS, $15,750. 1920-1935: 1540 TONS, $14,140.

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT TUNNEL AND 200 FT INCLINED SHAFT SUNK AT 60 DEGREES WITH DRIFTS ON OREBODY AT 100 FT AND 200 FT LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 PP. 184 - 185

  • Deposit

    D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 PP. 66 , 156

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 140.

  • Production

    SAMPSON AND TUCKER (1945).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARALLEL FISSURES ON CONTACT OF LIMESTONE AND SCHIST. ORE STAINED WITH FE, MN OXIDES, AND CU-STAINED QUARTZ.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1977 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1993 Unkefer, Jason U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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