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Avawatz Crown

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102977
MRDS ID M020677
Record type Site
Current site name Avawatz Crown
Related records 10237371

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.30669, 35.4525 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 8 MILES EAST OF RIGGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Pass Lake NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(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 016N 006E 26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.30669, 35.4525
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BRECCIATED QUARTZITE 210 FT. WIDE, EXPOSED FOR LENGTH OF SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1908

Mining district

District name Silver Lake

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPPED COMPLEX ORE IN 1908 ; SMELTER RECOVERY WAS 24.2 % PB, 1.37 % CU, 83.7 OZ. AG/TON AND SOME GOLD.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 163.07M
    Overall depth 99.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • 325 FT. SHAFT WITH 210 FT. CROSSCUT ON 300 FT. LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 612

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1930 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION; 26TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 268

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 612 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS ALONG FULL WIDTH OF BRECCIATION ZONE. RICHEST PORTION IS NEXT TO HANGING WALL.

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.

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