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Claw Hammer

Occurrence in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095229
MRDS ID M020707
Record type Site
Current site name Claw Hammer
Related records 10140622

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.87393, 34.80057 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MILES SE OF DAGGETT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minneola(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(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 008N 001E 09,10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.87393, 34.80057
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 70 E
    Thickness 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Belleville

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 9.14M
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • 30 FT. SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1930 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIV.; 26TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 207

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS NEAR CONTACT BETWEEN QUARTZ MONZONITE AND RHYOLITE, THICKNESS VARIES 4 - 12 FT.

Reporter information

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

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