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Papoose Shaft Ore Bins

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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040726
MRDS ID M055587
Record type Site
Current site name Papoose Shaft Ore Bins
Related records 10165363

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.607, 35.29749 (WGS84)
Elevation 991

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(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
Mount Diablo 030S 041E 20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.607, 35.29749
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Atolia

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M. AND DORR, J.V.N., 2D, 1940, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE ATOLIA DISTRICT, SAN BERNARDINO AND KERN COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: USGS BULL. 922-H

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CINNABAR VEIN ENCOUNTERED WHEN DIGGING FOUNDATION FOR ORE BINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Gassaway, J. S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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