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Grandview

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103351
MRDS ID M023550
Record type Site
Current site name Grandview
Related records 10115650

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.76336, 34.62058 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 4 MI. SE SUMMIT OF ORD MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grand View Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(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

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 006N 002E 10 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 3000-5000 TONS OF ORE W/TENOR OF 0.44 OZ. AU REPORTED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 65W
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 914.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • High-Grade Ore Above 40 Ft. Level, Below This Level Values Decrease

Comments on the geologic information

  • BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF GRANDVIEW SHAFT ARE SOME INTRUSIVE DIKES. EAST OF THE SHAFT, THERE IS ALSO AN INTRUSIVE DIABASE DIKE THAT PROBABLY FAULTS THE VEIN NORTH OF THE SHAFT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1934 HAD A VALUE OF $8.90/TON WHEN MILLED.

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS AND 150 FT. INCLINE W/75 FT. OF DRIFTS ON 100 FT. LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 113

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TABULATED LIST: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 40 PL.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36, P. 237

  • Production

    WRIGHT (1953)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PARALLEL VEINS, 8-15 FT. THICK GRANDVIEW VEIN EXPOSED ON SURFACE FOR 3000 FT. ALONG ITS OUTCROP. FOOTWALL OF VEIN IS GRANITIC PORPHYRY, HANGING WALL IS ANDESITE. THE VEIN IS BRECCIATED RHYOLITE PORPHYRY, HIGHLY-SILICIFIED, IRON-STAINED, HEMATITE.
Deposit 4 CLAIMS ; 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

Beyond USGS

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