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Black Metal

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034011
MRDS ID M020685
Record type Site
Current site name Black Metal
Related records 10285708

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.22051, 34.32726 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES WEST OF COLORADO RIVER-WHIPPLE MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gene Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(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 AZ)

Bureau of Land Management AZ 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 003N 026E 23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1941 - 1942

Comments on the production information

  • HIGH GRADE ORE PRIOR TO 1890

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 67.67M
    Overall depth 27.74M

Comments on the workings information

  • 91 FT. SHAFT AND 131 FT. ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NOS. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 3 (AP.)

  • Production

    ERIC, J. H., 1948 , P. 299 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 VEINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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