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Victorite Mine

Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069785
MRDS ID W007468
Record type Site
Current site name Victorite Mine
Related records 10189365, 10237725

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.1342, 34.66668 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 MI. NE OF VICTORVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Turtle Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Victorville(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

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 007N 003W 24,25 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrophyllite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Sidewinder Series-Andesite And Dacite Tuff
    Rock description Sidewinder Series-Andesite And Dacite Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR, LENS
    Length 457.2M
    Width 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1950

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mineral Materials Co.

Comments on development

  • WORKED INTERMITTENTLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A., STEWART, R. N., GAY, T. E., JR., AND HAZENBUSH, G. C., 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, P. 243 - 244.

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., 1954, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF BARSTOW QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 165, P. 158 - 160

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT SHOULD BE REEXAMINED IF MINING CONTINUES FOR 5 MORE YEARS OR SO. GEOLOGY OF THE BARSTOW 30. MIN. QUADRANGLE HAS BEEN MAPPED BY BOWEN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1959 Espenshade, Gilbert H. U.S. Geological Survey

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