Barrett

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead
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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035780
MRDS ID M023683
Record type Site
Current site name Barrett
Alternate or previous names Hammerback and Patterson
Related records 10141102

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.40416, 35.11807 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 1.7 MI. W. OF SUMMIT OF TABLE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia 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 015E 18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result VEIN SAID TO CARRY $6-$25/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.40416, 35.11807

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED THAT 35,000 TONS OF ORE DEVELOPED ABOVE 300-FT. LEVEL NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 97.54M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO 100 FT. SHAFTS AND A 320 FT. SHAFT. NUMEROUS DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 614

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1930, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF. : CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 26, P. 226

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN ALONG FISSURE, 14 IN - 3 FT. THICK
Deposit 10 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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