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Silver Rule

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034084
MRDS ID M020781
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Rule
Alternate or previous names Chambers

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.93891, 35.76999 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 17 MILES EAST OF TECOPA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horse Thief Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 019N 010E 06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Analytical data

Result EARLIER PERIOD
Result 20 - 40 % PB, 7 - 10 % ZN, 10 - 20 OZ AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.93891, 35.76999
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike W
    Dip 65 - 75 N
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 51.82M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 1950 , RECOVERY; 6 % ZN, 8.50 % PB, 2.3 OZ AG/TON, SOME GOLD.

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 ADITS; NO. 1 CONTAINS 260 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, NO. 2 CONTAINS ABOUT 400 FT. DRIFTS AND CROSS-CUTS. NO. 3 TUNNEL IS 60 FT. LOWER AND TRENDS SW IN BARREN DOLOMITE. WRIGHT, L. A. 1953 REPORTS, TWO ADDITIONAL TUNNELS, LOWER ON HILLSLOPE, SAID TO BE 1,150 FT. AND 600 FT. LONG, DRIVEN IN BARREN ROCK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV OF MINES, P. 669 - 670 .

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NO. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 113 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 670 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR LENSES ALONG FRACTURE; LENSES VARY 3 - 15 FT. THICK.

Reporter information

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

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