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Gold Hill

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035652
MRDS ID M023507
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Hill
Related records 10232092

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.8003, 34.2528 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position 1.5 MI. E. BIG BEAR CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Bear City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Big Bear Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Ana(hydrologic unit)

Santa Ana(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Bernardino National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 002N 002E 17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE SAID TO BE LOW-GRADE

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 > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.8003, 34.2528
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 35-45N
    Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Occurs Along Bedding Planes Of Quartzite, Near Contact Of Diabase And Monzonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bear Valley

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1942 RAN 12.82 OZ/TON AG AND 8.78% PB AND HAD RECOVERABLE CU AND AU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 16.46M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS AND 100 FT. OF TRENCHES, CROSSCUT ADIT 1200 FT. LONG W/200 FT. DRIFT, SEVERAL OTHER ADITS. FOR DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF WORKINGS, SEE TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1943).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 634

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA TABULATED LIST: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1&2, P. 37

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 4, P. 452, P.1.

  • Production

    GOODWIN (1957)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS 2-10 FT THICK ALONG BEDDING PLANES
Deposit 12 GOLD-SILVER 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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