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Hidden Hills

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035739
MRDS ID M023636
Record type Site
Current site name Hidden Hills
Related records 10140871

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.55, 34.80808 (WGS84)
Elevation 1052
Relative position ON HIDDEN HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Van Winkle Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Amboy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(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

Mojave National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 008N;009N 014E;014E 06;31 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC E 1/2 6

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermally Altered Zone 100 Ft. Thick In Sec. 31, W/ Minor Amounts Of Copper And Iron Sulfides

Analytical data

Result NOTED FOR POCKETS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE CHIP SAMPLE FROM 4 FT. THICK VEIN IN SEC 31 ASSAYED 0.34 OZ. AU, 0.5 OZ. AG AND 1.66% CU. SELECTED SAMPLE FROM LOWER ADIT IN SE 1/4 SE 1/4 6 ASSAYED 0.125 OZ. AU AND 1.5 OZ. AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.55, 34.80808
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N N30E
    Dip 45NW
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEINS DISPLACED BY A NUMBER OF NORTH & SOUTH FAULTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1882

Mining district

District name Arrow

Comments on the production information

  • INTERMITTENTLY ACTIVE THROUGH 1950'S. $19,000 REPORTED FROM SEC. 6. ONE ORE POCKET, MINED IN 1915, SAID TO CONSIST OF 300 LBS. VALUED AT $13,000. GOLDEN QUEEN CLAIM YIELDED OVER $6000 PRIOR TO 1907. TOTAL PRODUCTION UNDETERMINED. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 150 FT. INCLINE, 2 ADITS 50 FT. AND 100 FT. LONG IN SE 1/4 SE 1/4 6, 200 FT. ADIT IN NE 1/4 SE 1/4 6 INCLINES, DRIFTS AND 200 FT. ADIT TO VEIN IN W 1/2 SE 1/4 6 PITS IN 31.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 120-121

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TABULATED LIST: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 42 PL.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V.27, P.301

  • Production

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 SETS OF VEINS, ONE TRENDS N. IN SEC. 31, OTHER NE IN 6 MOST VEINS ARE 1-12 IN. THICK AND FOLLOW BRECCIATED FRACTURE ZONES.
Deposit IN ADDITION TO TWO SECTIONS GIVEN ABOVE,WRIGHT (1953) ALSO INCLUDEST8N, R13E, SEC. 1. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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