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Gold Divide

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103357
MRDS ID M023569
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Divide
Related records 10285832

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.82115, 35.24417 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 9.5 MI. NNE 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

Paradise Range(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

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 013N 001E 01,12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.82115, 35.24417
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 80 NE
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goldstone

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF W ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1951. SEVERAL TONS OF ORE SHIPPED.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS 85, 107 AND 100 FT. DEEP. 165 FT. DRIFT ON 100 FT. LEVEL. 102 FT. CROSSCUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 117

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 39, P. 451

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES. AND GEOLOGY, V. 36, P. 65-66

  • Production

    WRIGHT (1953)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 PARALLEL VEINS, 1-2 FT. THICK, HANGING WALL LIMESTONE, FOOTWALL IS SCHIST.
Deposit FORMERLY MINED ONLY FOR GOLD. 6 CLAIMS ; 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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