Unnamed

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035672
MRDS ID M023536
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed
Related records 10188541

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.46113, 34.50696 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 5.5 MI. S. ARGOS MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Galway Lake(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 005N 005E 21 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. E 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES ASSAYED AT 370 FT. INTERVALS INDICATED A TRACE OF AU AND 0-0.2 OZ. AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.46113, 34.50696

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 129

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ STOCKWORK IN A NUMBER OF DIKES TO 500 FT. LONG AND 50 FT. THICK. ENECHELON DIKE ZONE TO 600 FT. THICK CONTAINING QUARTZ VEINS TO 3 FT. THICK IS EXPOSED FOR 2700 FT. ALONG STRIKE.
Deposit SHOWS LITTLE PROMISE ; 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.

Authoritative California resources

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