Red Cloud Group

Past Producer in Riverside county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10115747
MRDS ID W024544
MAS/MILS ID 0060650212
Record type Site
Current site name Red Cloud Group
Alternate or previous names Red Cloud, Red Cloud Mine, Red Head Patented Claim, White Wings Pantented Claim, Dottie Welborn Patented Claim, Great Western Mine, Red Head Group, Great Western Patented Claim
Related records 10110901, 10164720

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.43892, 33.60315 (WGS84)
Elevation 756
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Cloud Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eagle Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 006 S 015 E 32 N2NWSE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.43892, 33.60315

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-14, 1977,

  • Deposit

    P. 562-564.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 4-85, 1985, PLATE 1;

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 68-7, MAP NO.

  • Deposit

    248.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-1991 Lane U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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