Old Glory

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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035342
MRDS ID M022654
Record type Site
Current site name Old Glory
Alternate or previous names Argosy, C. B. Jacobs Deposit
Related records 10237162

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.02332, 34.98974 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 6 MILES NORTH OF GOFFS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goffs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Amboy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piute Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mojave National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 011N 018E 34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVG. 2% WO3 REPORTED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST
    Dip 45 N
    Width 0.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1916

Mining district

District name Eastern San Bernardino Co.

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION - NO VALUES REPORTED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 54.25M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 140 FT. LONG, 38 FT. RAISE AT THE FACE OF ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARTRIDGE, J. F., 1941; TUNGSTEN RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, NO. 2, P. 305 - 306.

  • 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. 122.

  • Production

    WRIGHT, L. A.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
Deposit VEINLETS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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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