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Corona Lead-Zinc

Past Producer in Riverside county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Antimony, Silver, Zinc
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077159
MRDS ID W024610
Record type Site
Current site name Corona Lead-Zinc
Related records 10285531

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.57782, 33.82309 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 4 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF CORONA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corona South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(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

Cleveland 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 Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 004S 007W 14 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE FROM OPEN CUT AND TUNNEL WAS ANTIMONIAL LEAD ORE, ASSAYING 10 % PB, 14 % SB AND 40 OZ. AG/TON.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.57782, 33.82309
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 45 NW
    Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MARINE META-SEDIMENTS, WALL ROCKS ALSO SHOW MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION NOT DETERMINED

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 360 FT. IN LENGTH, BELOW CUT IS A CROSSCUT TUNNEL DRIVEN N 15 W FOR 92 FT. 300 FT. WEST OF TUNNEL IS ANOTHER OPEN CUT AND TWO SHORT TUNNELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957 : LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 601 - 602 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1945 : MINERAL RESOURCES, RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41 , NO. 3 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 147 - 148 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN VARIES IN WIDTH FROM 2 - 6 FT., BUT MINERALIZATION EXTENDS OVER 15 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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