Victor

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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. 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 10035687
MRDS ID M023559
Record type Site
Current site name Victor
Alternate or previous names Big Four, Red Bridge
Related records 10286496

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.92671, 35.30528 (WGS84)
Elevation 1021
Relative position 2.5 MI. SW OF SOUTH SHORE, GOLDSTONE LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 030S;014N 047E;001E 22;18,19 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. E 1/2 22, W 1/2 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result VEIN QUARTZ AND STRINGERS MINED REPORTED TO CARRY FROM $20 TO $200/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.92671, 35.30528

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 25 NE
    Thickness 365.76M
    Length 804.65M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ARE CUT BY DIORITE DIKES, ROUGHLY PARALLEL, STRIKING NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goldstone

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH-GRADE ORE PRODUCED IN 1916 RAN $200/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 SHAFTS, 50 FT. TO 125 FT. DEEP, OPEN CUT 50 FT. IN LENGTH AND 20 FT. WIDE. NUMBER OF TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.61

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 39, P. 441

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES, AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 310

  • Production

    WRIGHT (1953) TUCKER & SAMPSON (1931)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEAMS MINERALIZED ZONE ABOUT 1200 FT. THICK, 0.5 MI. LONG
Deposit 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.

Authoritative California resources

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