Buckeye

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
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 10035312
MRDS ID M022612
Record type Site
Current site name Buckeye
Related records 10262510

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.61617, 35.3211 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.5 MILES NW OF ATOLIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030S 041E 18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.61617, 35.3211

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 W(?)
    Dip NORTH
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1918

Mining district

District name Atolia

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION - NO FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO 50 FT. SHAFTS ON MIDDLE VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D. M.; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US.; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 340.

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A. AND OTHERS, 1953; MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 114.

  • Production

    LEMMON, D. M.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 PARALLEL ABOUT 50 FT. APART VARY FROM 2 IN. TO 2 FT. IN WIDTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 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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