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Blue Light

Past Producer in Orange county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103017
MRDS ID M021057
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Light
Alternate or previous names Silverado
Related records 10285860

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.65171, 33.7467 (WGS84)
Elevation 876
Relative position IN SILVERADO CANYON, 20 MILES EAST OF ORANGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Forest(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 Orange

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 005S 007W 11,14 California

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.65171, 33.7467
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 16 E
    Dip 30 - 40 E
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1906 - 1907 , 1920 - 1929 , 1936 - 1946

Comments on the production information

  • AVG. SMELTER RECOVERY FROM ORE; 4.15 % ZN, 1.97 % PB, 15.32 OZ. AG/TON, AND .033 OZ. AU/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2,000 FT. OF TUNNELS, DRIFTS AND RAISES

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. 586 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1943 ; CURRENT MINING ACTIVITY; S. CALIF.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39 , NO. 2 : DIV. OF MINES, P. 122 - 123

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVEN KNOWN ORE BODIES HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED ON THE BLUE LIGHT LODE.
Deposit COMPRISED OF 269 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

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