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Red Hills

Past Producer 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035659
MRDS ID M023517
Record type Site
Current site name Red Hills
Related records 10188950

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.70892, 34.6178 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 3.7 MI. WNW RED HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fry Mountains(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 006N 003E 07,18 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SE 1/4 SW 1/4 7, N 1/2 NE 1/4 NW 1/4 18

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPOTTED GOLD VALUES IN VUGS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.70892, 34.6178
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip SSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHALLOW SHAFTS AND 200 FT. ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 115

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NEWBERRY & ORD MTNS: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 36, NO. 1, P. 240

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 13 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit VUGGY QUARTZ VEIN ALONG RHYOLITE DIKE, FEW IN.-8 FT THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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