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Elsie

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Arsenic
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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. Mining district
  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 10035661
MRDS ID M023520
Record type Site
Current site name Elsie
Related records 10212752

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.72419, 34.56724 (WGS84)
Relative position 4.5 MI. WSW RED HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fry Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 006N 002E 36 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. E 1/2 SE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result TENOR OF 1.22 OZ. AU REPORTED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.72419, 34.56724
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N15E
    Dip 85W
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ord Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU ORE PRODUCTION IS RECORDED FOR 1935, BUT MINE WAS ALSO ACTIVE IN EARLY 1900'S AND 1940.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, 250 FT. AND 150 FT. DEEP, ABOUT 500 FT. APART.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 115

  • 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. 33

  • Production

    WRIGHT (1953)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 1-2 FT. THICK ALONG ANDESITE DIKE
Deposit 1 PATENTED CLAIM. ; 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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