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Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035769
MRDS ID M023672
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed
Alternate or previous names True Blue?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.15111, 35.08113 (WGS84)
Elevation 1143
Relative position 4 MI. S. LANFAIR BUTTES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hackberry Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(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

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 012N 017E 33 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.15111, 35.08113
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTEDLY YIELDED $40,000 IN AU IN EARLY 1890'S. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST 7 SHAFTS W/ SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 128

  • Production

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW VEINS IN STEEPLY DIPPING SHEAR ZONE
Deposit SHOWS LIMITED PROMISE ; 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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