Josie K.

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034059
MRDS ID M020750
Record type Site
Current site name Josie K.
Related records 10212690

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.71914, 34.82891 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position 6 MILES WEST OF NEEDLES, 3 MILES SOUTH OF HARTOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Needles SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(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 San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 009N 022E 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED
Result 14 % CU, $11 IN AU IN 1919

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.71914, 34.82891

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1219.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ibex

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF SHALLOW SHAFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CLOUDMAN, H. E., 1919 , SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; 15TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 787

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NO. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 14 (AP.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN AT CONTACT BETWEEN RHYOLITE AND GRANITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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