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Johnson

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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 10035665
MRDS ID M023526
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson
Related records 10141130

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.72975, 34.56113 (WGS84)
Elevation 1195
Relative position 4 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 EST. S 1/2 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.72975, 34.56113
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 85W
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ord Mtn.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 274.32M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 400 FT. ADIT TO VEIN AND 500 FT. OF DRIFTS. MILL SEVERAL SMALL LENSES OF IRON-STAINED QUARTZ HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN NORTH DRIFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 114

  • 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. 44 PL.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36, P. 68

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36, P. 68

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 1-4 FT. THICK ALONG SHEAR ZONE. PART IS IRON STAINED QUARTZ, OTHER IS BRECCIATED WALL ROCK, RECEMENTED WITH QUARTZ.
Deposit 4 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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