Rose and Monte Cristo

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103345
MRDS ID M023530
Record type Site
Current site name Rose and Monte Cristo
Alternate or previous names Christie
Related records 10188471

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.70114, 34.24614 (WGS84)
Elevation 2079
Relative position 3.5 MI WNW BAIN RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Onyx Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(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 002N 003E 19,20 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4 19, NW 1/4 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 20.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD OFTEN OCCURS IN MOSS & FERN LIKE MASSES IN CAVITIES OF QUARTZ

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cuprite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result SOME SHIPMENTS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN VALUED AT $200-$500 AU/TON. COPPER ORE WAS SORTED AND SHIPPED IN SMALL QUANTITIES. TAILINGS WERE REWORKED & RAN FROM $3 TO $4/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Furnace
    Rock description Furnace

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.70114, 34.24614

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR/DISCONTINUOUS
    Strike N20W
    Dip NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Occurs In Quartz-Calcite Gangue Associated With Much Hematite

Comments on the geologic information

  • ZONE CONTAINS GRANITIC DIKES AND DISCONTINUOUS BODIES OF MICA SCHIST, VARY FROM LESS THAN 1 FT. TO MORE THAN 20 FT. THICK. VAUGHN (1922) DESCRIBES CONTACT DEPOSITS 2 MILES SOUTH OF THE ROSE MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bear Valley

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 304.8M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 450 FT. SHAFTS AND SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 111

  • 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. 79-80

  • Deposit

    VAUGHN, F.E., 1922, GEOLOGY OF SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS NORTH OF SAN GORGONIO PASS: UNIV. OF CALIF. PUB. 1 BULL. OF THE DEPT. OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES, V. 13, NO. 9, P. 410-411

  • Production

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY (1964)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIRST WORKED IN 1860'S ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit 20 FT. WIDE QUARTZ-CALCITE ZONE. AT LEAST 2000 FT. LONG. IRON-STAINED FOLLOWS GENERAL TREND OF DIKES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative California resources

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