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St. Elmo

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035639
MRDS ID M023490
Record type Site
Current site name St. Elmo
Related records 10262044

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.61256, 35.30082 (WGS84)
Elevation 972
Relative position 3.1 MI. S. RED MTN. ON HIGHWAY 395

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 29,30 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD MOSTLY IN HIGH-GRADE POCKETS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
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) -117.61256, 35.30082
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E, N40E
    Dip 80NW, 80NE
    Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1895

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED FROM PROPERTY TO SELBY SMELTING CO. NETTED $350/TON. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, 250 AND 150 FT. DEEP. WITH SEVERAL THOUSAND FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS. OPEN CUTS OTHER SHALLOW SHAFTS.

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. 56

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 36, P. 75-76

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    WRIGHT (1953) TUCKER & SAMPSON (1931)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS, STEEPLY DIPPING, 4-10 FT. THICK. 235 FT. APART
Deposit MOST ACTIVE IN LATE 1800'S. 6 PATENTED LODE 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

Beyond USGS

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