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Ethel Leona

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Alteration
  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 10035791
MRDS ID M023694
Record type Site
Current site name Ethel Leona
Alternate or previous names Jarvis, Rivview, Tuscarora
Related records 10285545

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.39858, 34.21448 (WGS84)
Elevation 329
Relative position 7 MI. NW OF PARKER, ARIZONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Parker NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 002N 025E 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.39858, 34.21448
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E,NE
    Dip 35NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU-CU ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1939. PRODUCTION OF 200 TONS ORE WITH AVERAGE GRADE OF 3.82% CU AND $12.12/TON AU WAS REPORTED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS, 180 FT. ADIT STOPED TO SURFACE

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. 34

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 39, P. 436

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1944, COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 144, P. 315

  • Production

    WRIGHT (1953) ERIC (1944)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEIN SYSTEMS, ONE 4-8 FT THICK W/2 FT. OF TALC ON LIMESTONE HUNGING WALL, AND A SCHIST FOOTWALL.
Deposit COMPRISES 5 CLAIMS. TUCKER & SAMPSON (1943) LOCATED MINE IN T1N, APPARENTLY IN ERROR. ; 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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