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Painsville

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035679
MRDS ID M023546
Record type Site
Current site name Painsville
Related records 10135016

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.82726, 34.68751 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 1 MI. NW SUMMIT OF ORD MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ord Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(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 007N 001E 24 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.82726, 34.68751
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W, N20E
    Dip 75E
    Thickness 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mt. Ord

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT AND PIT ORD MT. COPPER MINE ON THE SOUTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 117

  • 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. 53

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NEWBERRY & ORD MTNS: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 36, NO. 1, P. 239

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES. AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 309

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS. RIO VISTA VEIN 6-10 FT. THICK OTHER IS 15 FT. THICK MINERALIZATION HAS PENETRATED WALL ROCK FOR SEVERAL FEET. VEIN CONSISTS OF QUARTZ AND BRECCIATED WALL ROCK RECEMENTED WITH QUARTZ SHEARING STRESSES IN VICINITY OF VEINS HAS PRODUCED SCHISTOSE STRUCTURE.
Deposit PATENTED IN 1890, ADJOINS RIO VISTA 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

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