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True Blue

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035772
MRDS ID M023675
Record type Site
Current site name True Blue
Alternate or previous names Gold Basin
Related records 10231694

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.15055, 35.08113 (WGS84)
Elevation 1170
Relative position 3 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. REF. PLACES MINE IN SEC 22 TOPO INDICATES SEC. 33.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.15055, 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

  • OWNER REPORTS $40,000 PRODUCED FROM PROPERTY IN EARLY 1890'S. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS, ONE 100 FT. DEEP W/ 200 FT. DRIFT AT BOTTOM. SINGLE STAMP MILL ON PROPERTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 60

  • Production

    WRIGHT (1953)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW STRINGERS

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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Authoritative California resources

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