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Osborne

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103338
MRDS ID M023509
Record type Site
Current site name Osborne
Related records 10237089

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.88447, 34.30641 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 2.5 MI NW SUMMIT OF GOLD MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fawnskin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Big Bear Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(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

San Bernardino 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 San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 003N 001E 33 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. N 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.88447, 34.30641
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 40 DEGREE INCLINE TO NORTH APPROXIMATELY 240 FT. DEEP WORKINGS TO WEST OF SHAFT BELIEVED TO BE LARGELY ABOVE 60 FT. LEVEL. RAISE MOST OF THE WORKINGS LIE WITHIN 300 FT. EAST OF THE SHAFT, BENEATH AN AREA NOW OVERLAIN BY DUMP MATERIAL. A SECOND VEIN, AS CLOSE AS 100 FT. NORTH OF MAIN SHAFT, HAS BEEN WORKED ALONG ITS STRIKE FOR ABOUT 400 FT., BUT AT SHALLOW DEPTHS. WEST OF SHAFT, WORKINGS BELIEVED TO EXIST LARGELY ABOVE 60 FT. LEVEL, AND EXTEND ONLY A SHORT DISTANCE BEYOND A HOLED-THROUGH RAISE ABOUT 150 FT. FROM THE MAIN SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 77

  • Deposit

    RICHMOND, J.F., AND GRAY, C.H., JR., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MTS., NORTH OF BIG BEAR LAKE, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES SPECIAL REPORT NO. 65, P. 63

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, 1-4 FT. THICK. ON MIDDLE CLAIM, ONE IS EXPOSED FOR 500 FT.
Deposit 3 PATENTED CLAIMS, NONCONTINGUOUS AND EN-ECHELON. 8-74 ACRES WORKED IN LATE 1800'S. INCLUDE MAMMOTH, OLIO, SAN BERNARDINO ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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