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Lee Yim Deposit

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Aluminum, Barium-Barite, Calcium, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10164268
MAS/MILS ID 0060710033
Record type Site
Current site name Lee Yim Deposit
Alternate or previous names Lavic Mtn., Manganese 1-10, Garringer, Lavic Mountain Mine, Root

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.22945, 34.76082 (WGS84)
Elevation 812
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Broadwell Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 008 N 007 E 27 SENWNE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Calcium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcedony Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Psilomelane Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.22945, 34.76082
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60W
    Dip 90N
    Thickness 2M
    Length 50M
    Width 20M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PROPYLITIC
    Strike And Dip N60W:90N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 10HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Year of first production 1918

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lee W. Yim
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 152, 1950, P. 195-200.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY,

  • Deposit

    VOL. III - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: P. 138.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, TABULATED LIST,

  • Deposit

    NO. 284, P. 89.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-NOV-1991 Deino, Al U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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