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Bluff and Western

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035797
MRDS ID M023700
Record type Site
Current site name Bluff and Western
Alternate or previous names Baily

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.53719, 34.27782 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position W. SLOPE, N. END SAVAHIA PK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Savahia Peak(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 023E 11 California

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.53719, 34.27782
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • VOLCANIC ROCKS CAP GNEISS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORED FOR LESS THAN 50 FT. HORIZONTALLY BY WORKINGS ON 4 LEVELS THROUGH TOTAL VERTICAL INTERVAL OF LESS THAN 200 FT. UPPER WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHORT DRIFT ADIT NEAR A 50-FT. SHAFT SUNK ON VEIN. LOWER WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 200-FT. CROSSCUT ADIT DRIVEN N75E. INTERMEDIATE ADITS AND SHORT STOPES AND CUTS ON VEIN.

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. 27

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW VEIN
Deposit PROBABLY SAME AS BAILEY MINE. LAST WORKED IN 1935 ; 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

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