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Emerson

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035674
MRDS ID M023539
Record type Site
Current site name Emerson
Related records 10285559

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.44641, 34.42641 (WGS84)
Elevation 991
Relative position 2 MI. W OF SW SHORE OF EMERSON LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Emerson Lake(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

USMC(Federal land areas administered by USMC)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 004N 005E 15,22 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

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) -116.44641, 34.42641
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 70SW
    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 Dry Lake

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1918 HAD A SMELTER RECOVERY OF 30.90 OZ/TON AG, 16.20% PB AND 0.81% CU.

Comments on the workings information

  • 70 DEGREE INCLINE, 412 FT. DEEP. 2000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND A TUNNEL. DISMANTLED MILL ON SW EDGE OF EMERSON DRY LAKE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 629-630

  • 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. 34

  • Production

    GOODWIN (1957) WRIGHT (1953)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 7 PARALLEL VEINS 2-4 FT. THICK
Deposit 10 GOLD-SILVER 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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