Francis Mine

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10116149
MRDS ID W024711
MAS/MILS ID 0060710281
Record type Site
Current site name Francis Mine
Alternate or previous names Francis, Cuyamaca Lode, Cuyamaca Mill Site, Fanny #1-3, Monte Video, Western Star, Woods, Amos, Ramona
Related records 10077220

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.48413, 35.06581 (WGS84)
Elevation 1366
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

Columbia Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(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 011 N 014 E 04 S2NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.48413, 35.06581

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948, TABULATION OF COPPER PROPERTIES IN

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    CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144,

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    PART 3, P. 305.

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    HEWETT, D. F., 1956, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE

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    IVANPAH QUADRANGLE, CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA: USGS PROF.

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    PAPER 275, P. 142.

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    MOYLE, P. R., AND OTHERS, 1986, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE

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    PROVIDENCE MOUNTAINS STUDY AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY,

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    CALIFORNIA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT

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    MLA 47-86, APPENDIX B, NO. 22, P. 271.

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    TUCKER, W. B., 1918B, FRANCIS MINE: UNPUBLISHED FIELD REPORT

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    CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, 3 P.

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    TUCKER, W. B., 1921, LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA

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    STATE MINING BUREAU, REPORT XVII OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST

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    P. 341.

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    TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1930, LOS ANGELES FIELD

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    DIVISION, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF

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    MINES, REPORT XXVI OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, NO. 3,

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    P. 210-213.

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    TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1931, LOS ANGELES FIELD

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    MINES, REPORT XXVII OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, NO. 3,

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    P. 271-272.

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    TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES

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    OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND

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    GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 4, P. 427-549.

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    WRIGHT, L. A., STEWART, R. M., GAY, T. E., JR., AND

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    HAZENBUSH, G. C., 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF

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    SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF

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    MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, TABULATED LIST, P. 9.

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    CALIFORNIA JOUR. MINES AND GEOL. VOL. 38, 1942, P. 351.

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    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 39, 1943, P. 434.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Moyle, Phillip R. 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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