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California Comstock

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper
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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. 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 10102981
MRDS ID M020702
Record type Site
Current site name California Comstock
Alternate or previous names Louisiana - California, Leiser Ray, Vanadium Gold.
Related records 10262407

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.03332, 35.02613 (WGS84)
Elevation 1021
Relative position 8 MILES NORTH OF GOFFS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Signal Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piute Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mojave National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 011N 018E 15,22 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cuprodescloizite Ore
Vanadinite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.03332, 35.02613
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E
    Dip 45 N
    Thickness 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1913, 1916, 1917, 1935 - 1936

Mining district

District name Signal Hill

Comments on the production information

  • SULFIDE ORE ALONG WITH GOLD, SILVER, LEAD AND COPPER RECOVERED. SEVERAL UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO RECOVER VANADIUM.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1828.8M
    Overall depth 281.94M

Comments on the workings information

  • 925 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH 9 LEVELS, ALSO AN INCLINED SHAFT AND TUNNELS

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. 621

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NOS. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 130 (AP)

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 621 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PARALLEL VEINS 4 - 12 FT. THICK
Deposit LANFAIR VALLEY QUADRANGLE SHOWS IT IN SEC. 16 AND 21.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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