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Desert View

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035817
MRDS ID M023727
Record type Site
Current site name Desert View
Related records 10140750

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.96615, 34.32252 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 4 MI. NW FAWNSKIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fawnskin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Big Bear Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Bernardino National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 003N 001W 27 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD

Comments on the geologic information

  • HEMATITE DESCRIBED AS MASSIVE, SPECULAR. EPIDOTE IS COARSE, WITH SURFACE DIMENSIONS, 10 BY 50 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT ADIT, 30 FT. LONG DRIVEN EAST INTO HEMATITE-RICH SKARN STRINGERS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RICHMOND, J.F. AND GRAY, C.H., JR., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MTS. NORTH OF BIG BEAR LAKE, CALIF: CALIF. DIV. MINES SPECIAL REPORT NO. 65, P. 60

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SKARN. HEMATITE-RICH PART IS IRREGULAR, 12-30 IN. THICK, AND STEEPLY DIPPING. IT CAN BE TRACED NW OF MINE AREA FOR ABOUT 200 YARDS N10W ACROSS GREENLEAD ROAD.
Deposit IDLE 1958. ; 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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