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Silver Dome

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035612
MRDS ID M023463
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Dome
Related records 10189971

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.42895, 35.09167 (WGS84)
Elevation 735
Relative position 6 MI. S. FREMONT PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Buttes(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
San Bernardino 012N 005W 32 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Analytical data

Result HIGH-GRADE SPOTS OF ORE WERE ENCOUNTERED. VALUES FROM 265-FT. LEVEL INDICATED 3-12% CU, $7-$20/TON IN GOLD AND 7-15 OZ./TON IN AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.42895, 35.09167
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fremont Peak

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINES AND SEVERAL PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 55

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 313-314

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 PARALLEL FAULT FRACTURES. PRINCIPAL VEIN HAS DIABASE HANGING WALL. AVG. 4 FT. THICK. TRACED FOR 4500 FT. ALONG SURFACE.
Deposit 10 LODE CLAIMS AND 8 LIMESTONE PLACER 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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