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Red Canyon

Occurrence in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040701
MRDS ID M055560
Record type Site
Current site name Red Canyon
Related records 10165208

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.78864, 34.25002 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Relative position S SLOPE OF SAN BERNARDINO MTS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Bear City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Ana(hydrologic unit)

Santa Ana(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(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 002N 002E California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO CENTER OF TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.78864, 34.25002
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Between Quartzite And Siliceous Limestone.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Stephenson, Roy B.
    First year 1953

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A., ET AL, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CJMG, V. 49

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, J. S. U.S. Geological Survey

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