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Olympus Mine

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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 10189152
MRDS ID M023571
MAS/MILS ID 0060710155
Record type Site
Current site name Olympus Mine
Alternate or previous names Olympus, Paradise
Related records 10035695

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.82557, 35.1244 (WGS84)
Elevation 716
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

Coyote Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 012 N 001 E 24 NWNWNE California

Comments on the location information

  • THE OLYMPUS MINE IS MISLOCATED ON THE PARADISE RANGE 7.5-MIN. QUADRANGLE. G.P.S. DATA FOR LAT./LONG. PLACES THE MINE ON THE COYOTE LAKE 7.5-MIN. QUADRANGLE AT THE LOCATION LISTED FOR THIS RECORD. CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, 1953, P. 76, ERRONEOUSLY LISTS THE OLYMPUS MINE IN SEC. 18, T. 12 N., R. 1 E. SEE ALSO UNNAMED PROSPECT (0060711576).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.82557, 35.1244
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1913

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, P. 76.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. III-

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, P. 127.

  • Deposit

    U.S.B.M., 1989, DRAFT MINERAL REPORT FOR THE FORT IRWIN/

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER LAND EXPANSION - ENVIRONMENTAL

  • Deposit

    IMPACT STATEMENT, (UNPUBLISHED REPORT DATED OCTOBER 4,

  • Deposit

    1989), P. 3-20.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-SEP-1993 Federspiel U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative California resources

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