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Supply, Nightingale

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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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 10035718
MRDS ID M023605
Record type Site
Current site name Supply, Nightingale
Alternate or previous names Gold Crown
Related records 10236979

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.72361, 34.06865 (WGS84)
Elevation 561
Relative position 3 MI. S. SOUTH SHORE, DALE LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Dale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sheep Hole Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(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 001S 012E 21,22,27,28 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRADES OF ORE FROM VARIOUS LEVEL WORKINGS AVAILABLE IN TUCKER & SAMPSON (1940)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.72361, 34.06865
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 70-80E
    Thickness 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Dale

Comments on the production information

  • SUPPLY GP. (SUPPLY AND NIGHTINGALE) HAS YEILDED AU ORE VALUED AT $500,000. ABOVE FIGURES FOR ENTIRE GOLD CROWN MINING COMPANY. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 1250 FT., 70 DEGREE INCLINE, A 200 FT. INCLINE, AND 675 FT., 85 DEGREE INCLINE WITH LEVELS AT 75 FT. INTERVALS. TOTAL UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ABOUT 6000 FT. FOR MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF WORKINGS,SEE TUCKER & SAMPSON (1943).

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. 674

  • 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. 81-82

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J. 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 4, P. 448-451.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, CURRENT MINING ACTIVITY IN SOUTHERN CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V.36, NO. 1, P.63-65

  • Production

    GOODWIN (1957) WRIGHT (1953)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 4-12 FT. THICK
Deposit INCLUDES GOLD CROWN, JEAN, LUHRMAN, NIGHTINGALE AND SUPPLY OPERATED BY SEALE GOLD MINING CO., AND LATER BY UNITED GREEN WATER COPPER CO. BOTH PRIOR TO 1915. IDLE UNTIL 1928 WHEN IT WAS OPERATED BY ARROWHEAD DEVELOPMENT CO. NIGHTINGALE BECAME ACTIVE FROM 1930-1942 WHEN GOLD CROWN MINING CO. LEASED THE PROPERTY. ; 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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