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Red Rover Mine

Past Producer in Los Angeles 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 10260536
MRDS ID W024109
MAS/MILS ID 0060370182
Record type Site
Current site name Red Rover Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Rover
Related records 10110786

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.2212, 34.50671 (WGS84)
Elevation 1024
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

Ritter Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Clara(hydrologic unit)

Ventura-San Gabriel Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(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 Los Angeles

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005 N 013 W 22 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.2212, 34.50671
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 33, 1937, P. 189-190; MAP

  • Deposit

    OF MINES AND OIL FIELDS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, MAP NO.195

  • Deposit

    51.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 50, 1954, P. 499-500.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/31/2012
MSHA mine ID0405837
Mine name (MSHA)Red Rover Mine
Current operatorRed Rover Mine 2, LLC
Current controller (parent)David Zhou; James P Whol
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1220 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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External references

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Authoritative California resources

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