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Schellenger Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064455
MRDS ID TC38830
Record type Site
Current site name Schellenger Mine
Related records 10261683

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.65608, 33.81477 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES EAST OF COX SIDING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Maria Mountains SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blythe(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 004S 022E 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SLOPE OF MARIA MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.65608, 33.81477
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 80N
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ORE $15 AU/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS: LOWER TUNNEL DRIVEN EAST ON VEIN 60 FT, UPPER TUNNEL DRIVEN 20 FT EAST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 143

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN AT CONTACT OF GRANITE PEGMATITE AND SCHIST, SCHIST IS FOOTWALL, GRANITE HANGING WALL CUT BY PEGMATITES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1993 Unkefer, Jason U.S. Geological Survey

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