Nd Claims

Past Producer in Los Angeles county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10284955
MAS/MILS ID 0060370032
Record type Site
Current site name Nd Claims
Alternate or previous names Oronogo Mine, Unnamed Location, Alta 1 and 2, Oronogo 1 and 2

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.76229, 34.8172 (WGS84)
Elevation 824
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

Rogers Lake South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Victorville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(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 Los Angeles

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 008 N 008 W 06 SESWNE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Barite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.76229, 34.8172

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Date of Last Modification 940412

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1939
Year of first production 1941

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1089-B, 1960, PLATE 8.

  • Deposit

    LESZCYKOWSKI, A.M., AND OTHERS, 1994, MINERAL RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    THE WEST MOJAVE DESERT TORTOISE HABITAT (CATEGORY ONE AND

  • Deposit

    TWO LANDS): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, MAP NO.

  • Deposit

    467, TABLE A-3, P. A-141.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-APR-1994 Kinley U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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