Castle

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035730
MRDS ID M023623
Record type Site
Current site name Castle
Alternate or previous names Golden Cycle, Camp Castle
Related records 10256823

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.60639, 34.64946 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 9 MI. NE AMBOY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Van Winkle Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Amboy(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 007N 013E 34 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC W 1/2 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result MASSIVE SULFIDE ORE SHOWS ON THE DUMP MATERIAL. DEVELOPMENT AS OF 1927, INDICATED SAMPLES TO RUN FROM $4 TO $18, WITH A GENERAL AVERAGE OF $12.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.60639, 34.64946

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E-N65E
    Dip 70 SE-90

Comments on the geologic information

  • NW - TRENDING FAULT DISPLACES VEIN FOR 25 FEET. MOUNTAIN TO SW OF PROPERTY IS CUPPED BY SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF VOLCANIC TUFF.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1911.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 275 FT. SHAFTS, NUMEROUS SURFACE WORKINGS. DRIFTS ON SEVERAL LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V.3, P. 118

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 290-291

  • 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. 39

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1944, COPPER IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. DIV OF MINES BULL. 144, P.301

  • Production

    WRIGHT (1953)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, MAIN ONE TRACEABLE FOR 2200 FT. ON SURFACE, IS FROM FEW IN 5 FT. THICK. NORTH WALL IS DOLOMITE, SOUTH WALL IS DIORITE. VEIN APPEARS TO BE FAULTED IN 2 PLACES
Deposit WRIGHT (1953) LOCATES MINES IN SEC. 26., SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO (1964) HOWEVER, LOCATES MINE IN SEC. 34. 5 CLAIMS PROBABLY FIRST WORKED BY INDIANS ; 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.

External references

Authoritative California resources

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