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New Era

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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 10035776
MRDS ID M023679
Record type Site
Current site name New Era
Related records 10261285

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.51278, 35.36501 (WGS84)
Elevation 1640
Relative position 3 MI. NNE OF SUMMIT OF KESSLER PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cima Dome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(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 015N 014E 20 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.51278, 35.36501
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 80E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • MILL, 80 DEGREE INCLINED SHAFT FOLLOWING DIP OF VEIN, 150 FT. DEEP WITH LEVELS AT 50, 80 AND 150 FT. LEVEL WORKINGS TOTAL SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET. MINOR SURFACE TRENCHING ON HILL CREST EXPOSES BARREN QUARTZ VEINS DIPPING 25 DEG. EAST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 75-76

  • Production

    WRIGHT (1953)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW VEINS THAT FILL PARALLEL FRACTURES
Deposit 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; 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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External references

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