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Long Shot

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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 10035762
MRDS ID M023665
Record type Site
Current site name Long Shot
Related records 10261994

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.21749, 34.56447 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 1.8 MI. W. CARBONATE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Woman Statue(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

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 066N 017E 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST SE 1/4 32, APPARENTLY ENCOMPASSES SEVERAL LOCATIONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1.0 OZ AU/TON REPORTED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W, N55E
    Dip 70-75SW
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANITE CONTAINS INCLUSIONS OF MICA AND HORNBLENDE SCHISTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED FROM PROPERTY CARRIED 0.96-1.57 OZ./TON IN GOLD. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 70 FT. SHAFT, 300 FT. ADIT TO VEIN, 160 FT. BELOW UPPER ADIT. STOPE NUMBER OF OTHER SHAFTS & OPEN CUTS. DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF WORKINGS IN TUCKER & SAMPSON (1940).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 116

  • 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. 46.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., AND SAMPSON, R.J. 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 39. NO. 4, P. 455, P 7.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, CURRENT MINING ACTIVITY IN SOUTHERN CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 36, NO. 1, P. 69

  • Production

    WRIGHT (1953) TUCKER & SAMPSON (1940)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 1-4 FT. THICK. DIPS STEEPLY & CROPS OUT FOR 6000 FT. ANOTHER SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS THAT INTERSECT THE MAIN VEIN.
Deposit 7 CLAIMS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON WORKINGS AND ORE SHIPMENTS SEE TUCKER & SAMPSON (1943) ; 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

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