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Sunnyside

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Lead
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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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035670
MRDS ID M023533
Record type Site
Current site name Sunnyside
Alternate or previous names Livingstone, Morongo King, Jeff Davis.
Related records 10140557

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.66058, 34.2317 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 1.2 MI WNW BAIN RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Onyx Peak(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 002N 003E 27,22 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NW 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4 27

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES TAKEN FROM CUTS REPORTED TO CARRY 0.7-2.0% W ORE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.66058, 34.2317
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE-N
    Dip 35W
    Thickness 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 2 SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE BODIES IN GRANITE NEARBY. STRIKE NE, DIP 35 NW. 6-10 FT. THICK. LIE BETWEEN NARROW BED OF LIMESTONE AND MASSIVE BELT OF LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Morongo

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WINZE, SEVERAL SHAFTS, TRENCHES AND PITS. DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS IN TUCKER & SAMPSON (1941).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 111

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3&4, P. 644

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF, TABULATED LIST: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1&2, P. 126

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J. 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 39., NO. 4, P. 507.

  • Deposit

    5) TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1941, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 37, P. 586

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, 800 FT. LONG AND 6-8 FT. THICK
Deposit FORMERLY WORKED FOR GOLD. SCHEELITE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1941 ON MORONGO KING VEIN. 10 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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