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Poble

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035653
MRDS ID M023508
Record type Site
Current site name Poble
Alternate or previous names Gold Mtn., Lucky Baldwin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.82892, 34.3028 (WGS84)
Elevation 2210
Relative position 1 MI. NORTH OF NORTH SHORE BALDWIN LAKE

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)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(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 003N 001E 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result EST. AVG. $6/TON AU (LATE 1930'S)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.82892, 34.3028
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike WNW
    Dip 30-60S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault, Ne-Trending Cross Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • FAULT CONTACT BETWEEN PALEOZOIC (MISSISSIPPIAN?) SARAGOSSA QUARTZITE ON SOUTH AND SOFT SCHIST ON NORTH. FAULT FOUND TO CUT OFF GOLD-BEARING ROCK AT SHALLOW DEPTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • MILL WORKS NOW EXIST AS OPEN CUT 600 FT. LONG ALONG FAULT, BUT EXTEND INTO QUARTZITE WESTWARD. TUNNEL EXISTED FOR THE LENGTH OF THE ZONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF., CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 74-75 PL. 7

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, CURRENT MINING ACTIVITY IN SOUTHERN CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 36, NO. 1, P. 66-67

  • Production

    WRIGHT (1953) TUCKER & SAMPSON (1940)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS IN MINERALIZED ZONE AVERAGING 40 FT. THICK ALONG FAULT CONTACT
Deposit 8 PATENTED AND 8 UNPATENTED 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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