Thumbum Mine

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Uranium
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 10189044
MRDS ID W017771
MAS/MILS ID 0060710443
Record type Site
Current site name Thumbum Mine
Alternate or previous names Sugarloaf Rare Ii Area, Thum Bum, Thumbum, Et Al. Claims
Related records 10110513

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.77866, 34.22503 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
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

Moonridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Big Bear Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Ana(hydrologic unit)

Santa Ana(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Bernardino National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 002 N 002 E 28 C S2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.77866, 34.22503

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1978, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF ARIZONA-CALIFORNIA-

  • Deposit

    NEVADA: P. 92.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 9-83, 1983, TABLE 2,

  • Deposit

    NO. 5, P. 17.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-APR-1994 Campbell 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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