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Big Medicine

Prospect in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Silver
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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 10286844
MAS/MILS ID 0060710841
Record type Site
Current site name Big Medicine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.95337, 34.91561 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nebo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(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 010 N 001 W 35 NESENW California

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THIS DEPOSIT, AS GIVEN IN CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, P. 133 (TABULATED LIST) IS IN ERROR. SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, P. 66, LISTS THIS LOCATION IN SEC. 2 (?), T. 9 N., R. 1 W. THIS RECORD IS PLACED IN W/2 SEC. 33, T. 10 N., R. 1 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.95337, 34.91561
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, TABULATED LIST,

  • Deposit

    P. 133.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 39, 1943, P. 509.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES REPORT, V. 27, 1931, P. 371.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: P. 66.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-592,

  • Deposit

    1970, P. 5 (TEXT).

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 36, NO. 3, 1940, P. 249.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES 26TH REPT. OF STATE MIN., V. 26, NO. 3,

  • Deposit

    1930, P. 297.

  • Deposit

    BUCHANAN, L. J., 1987, PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS IN

  • Deposit

    DETACHMENT TERRAINS, SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN

  • Deposit

    ARIZONA IN JOHNSON, J. L., ED. BULK MINEABLE PRECIOUS

  • Deposit

    METAL DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES - GUIDEBOOK

  • Deposit

    FOR FIELD TRIPS: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA 1987

  • Deposit

    SYMPOSIUM, P. 7-8.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-AUG-1993 Kinley U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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