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Virginia Dale

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Manganese, Iron
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10035795
MRDS ID M023698
Record type Site
Current site name Virginia Dale
Related records 10262498

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.75361, 34.06393 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position ON E. SLOPE HUMBUG MTN., ON GOLD CROWN ROAD OFF TWENTYNINE PALMS HIGHWAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Humbug Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sheep Hole Mountains(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 001S 012E 20 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SEVERAL LOCATIONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Secondary
Iron Secondary

Analytical data

Result AU VALUES RANGE FROM $9 - $20/TON AVG. $12/TON IN GOLD

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.75361, 34.06393
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 70-80E
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1896

Mining district

District name Dale

Comments on the workings information

  • 70 DEG. INCLINE ON MIDDLE VEIN TO DEPTH OF 350 FT. DRIFTS ON 100 FT. AND 200 FT. LEVELS DEVELOPED ON 3 ORE SHOOTS 50-100 FT. LONG. 40-TON MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 83, 85-86

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 PARALLEL VEINS, 150 FT. APART AND 4-6 FT. THICK
Deposit 7 CLAIMS, 2 OF WHICH ARE PATENTED. PRINCIPAL PERIODS OF ACTIVITY 1908, 1928-29, 1934-37 ; 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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