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Ford

Prospect 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214116
MRDS ID M023551
MAS/MILS ID 0060711480
Record type Site
Current site name Ford
Related records 10035682

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.76416, 34.62082 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
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

Grand View Mine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(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 006 N 002 E 10 NWSESW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 36, 1940, P. 235.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, P. 113.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS

  • Deposit

    MAP I-427, SCALE 1:52,500, 1964, AND ACCOMPANYING TEXT,

  • Deposit

    P. 5.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-AUG-1993 Kinley 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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Authoritative California resources

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