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Gold Bronze

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035723
MRDS ID M023613
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Bronze
Related records 10141083

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.23666, 35.32029 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 1.7 MI. N BARNWELL SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Peaks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mojave National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 014N 016E 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. W 1/2 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ORE SAID TO HAVE AVG. $20/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.23666, 35.32029
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 70N
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Vanderbilt

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 FT. INCLINE, 200 FT. INCLINE W/80 FT. CONNECTING TUNNEL AND 1200 FT. OF DRIFTS.

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. 634

  • 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. 36

  • Production

    GOODWIN (1957)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PARALLEL 6 FT. THICK VEINS IN OXIDIZED ZONE.
Deposit 7 CLAIMS. WORKED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE EARLY 1890'S LAST OPERATED IN 1940 ; 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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