Big Horn Mine

Past Producer in Los Angeles county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212461
MRDS ID W024042
MAS/MILS ID 0060370022
Record type Site
Current site name Big Horn Mine
Alternate or previous names Called Back Claim, Del Norte Claim, Milwaukee Claim, Atlanta Claim, Katahdin & Ontario Claims
Related records 10110776

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.74399, 34.35562 (WGS84)
Elevation 2091
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Los Angeles(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount San Antonio(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Gabriel(hydrologic unit)

Ventura-San Gabriel Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Angeles National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Sheep Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Los Angeles

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 N 008 W 08 SWNWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Silver Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.74399, 34.35562

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 20N
    Thickness 9M
    Length 235M
    Width 230M
    Area 35HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N60E:20N
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 35
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1891
Year of first production 1903

Mining district

District name Mount Baldy District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Siskon Corp., Box 889, Reno, Nv. 89504
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1975

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1994 RESERVES FROM FAHNESTOCK BROCHURE 1994.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, AUGUST 7, 1996, P1, "SISKON TO

  • Deposit

    BUILD SECOND GOLD MINE".

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 33, 1937, P. 178-179.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 50, 1954, NO. 10, P. 616.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1506-D, 1982, P. 67-70.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SISKON MAY REOPEN/BUILD THIS PAST PRODUCER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-MAR-1997 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.