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Hafford

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  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 10035592
MRDS ID M023441
Record type Site
Current site name Hafford
Related records 10237047

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.12478, 35.75416 (WGS84)
Elevation 564
Relative position APPROX. 1.5 MI. S. RED HILL MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sourdough Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panamint Valley(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NAVY(Federal land areas administered by NAVY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025S 045E 22,23,14,15 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. LAND UNSURVEYED. LOCATION VERY QUESTIONABLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) Cambrian marine rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 85NE
    Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED THAT 100,000 TONS OF ORE DEVELOPED, AVG. $25/TON IN GOLD. NO OTHER INFORMATION FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT W/LEVELS AT 50 AND 100 FT. ON 50-FT. LEVEL, A DRIFT NORTH 40 FT. AND SOUTH 40 FT. ON 100 FT. LEVEL, DRIFT N. 65 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TABULATED LIST: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 41

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 39, P. 453-454

  • Production

    WRIGHT (1953)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 2.5-5 FT IN THICKNESS
Deposit 7 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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