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Riley Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10115881
MRDS ID M020784
MAS/MILS ID 0060710376
Record type Site
Current site name Riley Mine
Alternate or previous names Riley, Standard Mine No. 1, Blue Grass, Excelsior Copper Mine, Standard Tungsten Mine
Related records 10102996, 10261783

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.52224, 35.37691 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mescal Range(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(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)

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 015 N 014 E 18 SWSE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.52224, 35.37691
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, P. 151.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 275, 1956, P. 139.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 37, 1941, P. 585-586.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 53, 1957, NO. 240,

  • Deposit

    P. 671-672.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-2, 1984

  • Deposit

    NO. 8, PLATES 5 AND 6.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1990, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EAST

  • Deposit

    MOJAVE NATIONAL SCENIC AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA: TABLE 2, NO. 173, P. 98.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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