Black Diamond

Occurrence in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095227
MRDS ID M020684
Record type Site
Current site name Black Diamond
Related records 10286480

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.28449, 34.63807 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MILES EAST OF ORO GRANDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Helendale(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 006N 004W 03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.28449, 34.63807

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Silver Mtn.

Comments on the workings information

  • 150 FT. SHAFT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J. 1930 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION; 26TH DEPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 206 .

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NOS. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P - 3 (AP.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITE-PORPHYRY DIKE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.