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Old Pen

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10035825
MRDS ID M023739
Record type Site
Current site name Old Pen
Related records 10164567

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.96004, 34.30946 (WGS84)
Elevation 2152
Relative position 3.5 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 26 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SW 1/4 CORNOR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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) -116.96004, 34.30946
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Economic information

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

  • 20 FT. SHAFT

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. OF MINES SPECIAL REPORT NO. 65, P. 63

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE RECRYSTALLIZED VEIN. ORE FILLS FRACTURES IN LADDER STRUCTURE
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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