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Rio Hondo

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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 10035704
MRDS ID M023584
Record type Site
Current site name Rio Hondo
Related records 10262663

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.82476, 35.23694 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 12.5 MI. NE LANE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paradise Range(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 013N 001E 12 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1943) PLACE MINE IN T14N, R2E, SEC. 33. LOCATION TAKEN FROM WRIGHT (1953)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS PARTLY FREE AND PARTLY IN AURIFEROUS PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS RANGE FROM $7-$15/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.82476, 35.23694
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 80N
    Thickness 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITIC ROCK INTRUDES METASEDIMENTS AT DEPTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goldstone

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, 72 FT. AND 90 FT. DEEP, AND 50 FT. APART. OPEN CUT, 2 SHORT ADITS. REMNANTS OF AMALGAMATION MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1&2, P. 79.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 4, P. 459

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL SMALL DISCONTINOUS VEINS CUTTING COMPLEXLY FOLDED METASEDIMENTARY UNITS MAIN VEIN IS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG AND 2-5 FT. THICK.
Deposit 6 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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