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Crater

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035773
MRDS ID M023676
Record type Site
Current site name Crater
Alternate or previous names Mitchell, Denver, Getchell

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.19472, 35.04196 (WGS84)
Elevation 1173
Relative position 7 MI. S. GROTTO HILLS

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 011N 017E 07,08,18 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC S 1/2 SW 1/4 7. OTHER LOCATIONS AT SE 1/4 7, SW 1/4 SW 1/4 8 AND W 1/2 NE 1/4 AND NW 1/4 18.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.19472, 35.04196
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • RECOVERY WAS BY DIRECT METHODS. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS AND SHAFTS. NEARLY 500 FT. OF ADITS AND DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 126

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 627-628

  • 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. 32

  • Production

    GOODWIN (1957)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULARLY FAULTED QTZ. STRINGERS
Deposit ACTIVE, 1930-31, 1938-39, AND 1941. ; 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.

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