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Olympus

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Manganese
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035695
MRDS ID M023571
Record type Site
Current site name Olympus
Alternate or previous names Paradise
Related records 10189152

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.82365, 35.12417 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position 6.3 MI. ENE SUMMIT OF LANE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coyote Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(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 012N 001E 24 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC NE 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N30W
    Dip 33E
    Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 365 FT. FROM PORTAL OF LOWER TUNNEL, VEIN CUT OFF BY N45E-TRENDING FAULT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED 1915-25, 1935-41, 50,000 TONS OF $6 ORE REPORTED MINED. NO OFFICIAL PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE WITH LEVELS, 400 FT ADIT, 50 FT. ABOVE THIS, ANOTHER 300 FT. ADIT. SERIES OF RAISES CONNECT THE TWO. CUTS, TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 127

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 306-307

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 76

  • Production

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit APPARENTLY NOT THE SAME MINE AS THE OLYMPUS (PARADISE) MINE IN SEC. 18. 7 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit PARALLEL 1-20 FT. THICK VUGGY VEINS. PROBABLY DO NOT EXCEED 500 FT. IN LENGTH.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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