Telegraph Mine

Plant in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10164176
MRDS ID M023647
MAS/MILS ID 0060710192
Record type Site
Current site name Telegraph Mine
Alternate or previous names Telegraph
Related records 10103382

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.83115, 35.3825 (WGS84)
Elevation 1173
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

Solomons Knob(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 015 N 011 E 17 W2 California

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCATIN: 3 MI OFF HALLORAN SUMMIT & I-15.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.83115, 35.3825

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Plant type Leach

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cascade Energy And Metals Corp, Salt Lake City, Utah
    ID 404365
    Home office Utah
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, P. 82.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 275, 1956, P. 120.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 84-51, 1984,

  • Deposit

    NO. 12, PLATES 2 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. 121, P. 79.

  • Deposit

    CA DIV. OF MINES AND GEOL. MINE FILES. REVIEWED APR. 1989

  • Deposit

    AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST FRO CA DIV. MINES AND GEOL.,

  • Deposit

    SACRAMENTO, CA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-FEB-1992 Peters U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/22/1983
MSHA mine ID0404365
Mine name (MSHA)Telegraph Mine
Current operatorCascade Energy & Metals Corp
Current controller (parent)Weston W David
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

Authoritative California resources

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