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Golossem

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  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 10103387
MRDS ID M023715
Record type Site
Current site name Golossem

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.5664, 35.57 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 2 MI. S. KEANY PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clark Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 017N 013E 10,14 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. S 1/2 10. SEVERAL LOCATIONS

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE DEVELOPED IN TUNNEL & SHAFT SAID TO HAVE AN AVG. VALUE OF $7/TON IN GOLD, AND OCCASIONAL MINERALIZED AREAS CARRYING AS HIGH AS $30/TON IN GOLD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.5664, 35.57
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticlinal Fold Of Thick Beds Of Stratified Rocks, Consisting Of Sandstone, Limestone, Dolomite And Thin-Bedded Shales. These Beds Rest On Gneissoid Granite. A Large Dome-Shaped Mass Of Quartz Monzonite Has Intruded This Formation, Followed By An Intrusion Of A Rhyolite Porphyry Plug.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N60E
    Dip 80 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • General Mineralization In Rhyolite Plug Exists Along Intersecting Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name North Clark Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • ESTIMATED TONNAGE OF 116,000 TONS, AVERGERING $8/TON GOLD. 26.7 TONS OF ORE MINED FROM TUNNEL LEVEL & SHIPPED TO U.S. SMELTING, REFINING AND MINING CO. CARRIED 0.73 OZ. AU, 1.1 OZ. AG, 0.2% CU W/A GROSS VALUE OF $14/TON. SHIPMENT OF 39.6 TONS CARRIED 0.44 OZ. AU, 0.85 OZ. AG, 0.1% CU W/A GROSS VALUE OF $8.46/TON. NO OTHER PRODUCTION INFORMATION FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT. SHAFT, 1600 FT. TUNNEL, 1000 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS, AND ABOUT 5000 FT. OF DIAMOND DRILL HOLES UNDERGROUND WORKINGS TOTAL 4000 FT. FROM 1938-42 EXPLORATION PROGRAM INCLUDED 5000 FT. OF DIAMOND DRILLING.

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. 624-625

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF., TABULATED LIST: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 30, PL.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN BERNARDINO CO., CALIF.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 4, P. 446

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 291-292

  • Production

    WRIGHT (1953) GOODWIN (1957)

  • Reserve-Resource

    TUCKER & SAMPSON (1931)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURES IN RHYOLITE PLUG IN GNEISSOID GRANITE. TWO TYPES OF DEPOSITS OCCUR. ONE IS A MINERALIZED NETWORK OF INTERSECTING FRACTURES IN RHYOLITE, THE OTHER IS A CONTACT DEPOSIT ON CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITE AND THE RHYOLITE PLUG. THE ORE IN THE FRACTURES SAID TO BE OF CONTINUOUS GRADE & CHARACTER FOR A VERTICAL DISTANCE OF 200 FT.
Deposit 2 PATENTED GOLD CLAIMS AND 32 HELD BY LOCATION. ; 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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