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Vanderbilt

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Iron
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  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 10103371
MRDS ID M023612
Record type Site
Current site name Vanderbilt
Alternate or previous names Boomerang, Brick Cons., Gold Bar, Webster.
Related records 10213328

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.245, 35.32668 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
Relative position 2 MI. NNW BARNWELL SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Peaks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 014N 016E 02,03 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4 3

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidized For 150 Ft. Below Surface. Lower Levels Contain Unoxidized Sulfides

Analytical data

Result ORE SHOOTS AVG 0.67 OZ. AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.245, 35.32668
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 60N

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS FOLLOW FRACTURES IN AN ARCHEAN COMPLEX CONSISTING OF HOST ROCKS AND PEGMATITIC DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEARS WERE INTERMITTANT BETWEEN 1914 AND 1942. A TYPICAL 16-CAR SHIPMENT FROM THE GOLD BAR WORKINGS SAID TO HAVE AVG. 0.72 OZ, AU, 3.50 OZ AG, 0.50% CU AND 0.80% PB. TOTAL OUTPUT VALUED AT SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND. SEE TUCKER & SAMPSON (1931) FOR OTHER COMMODITY GRADES AT VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT LEVELS

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, 300 FT. AND 440 FT. DEEP, ABOUT 4000 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND TUNNELS. EQUIPPED WITH A 15 TON CYANIDE PLANT IN 1938.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 676-677

  • 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. 82-83.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY V.39, NO.4, P.464

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 317-318

  • Production

    GOODWIN (1957) TUCKER & SAMPSON (1943)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 18 PATENTED CLAIMS. OPENED IN THE 1870'S. MOST ACTIVE IN LATE 1800'S, 1920'S AND 1930'S. IDLE SINCE 1937 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS AVG. 9 FT. THICK. THE MORE NORTHERLY SYSTEM, THE GOLD BAR-GOLD BRONZE, IS AT LEAST 2400 FT. LONG. ITS TRACE IS FROM E TO WNW., DIP 60-70 DEG. N. IT INCLUDES GOLD BAR VEINS ON VANDERBILT PROPERTY AND GOLD BRONZE VEINS TO THE EAST. GOLD BAR VEINS, TWO IN NUMBER, AVG. 8 FT. THICK, AND LIE ON EACH SIDE OF A RHYOLITE DIKE, ABOUT 20 FT. THICK. BOOMERANG SYSTEM APPROX. 1500 FT SW. IT IS 1500 FT. IN LENGTH, TRENDS N70W, AND DIPS 60-70 DEG. NE. THERE ARE 2 VEINS ABOUT 100 FT. APART AND AVG. 8 FT. THICK.

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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