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Blue Buzzard

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034015
MRDS ID M020689
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Buzzard
Related records 10188893

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.53612, 35.43807 (WGS84)
Relative position IVANPAH MTN. 3 AIRLINE MILES SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN PASS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mescal Range(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(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 016N 013E 25 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.53612, 35.43807
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SHEAR ZONE IN LIMESTONE WHICH UNDERLIES MUCH OF MESCAL RANGE, ZONE PARALLELS BEDDING IN LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1925 , 1940 , 1947 - 1948

Comments on the production information

  • SMELTER RECOVERY; 22.7 % PB, 2.12 OZ AG/TON, 0.38 % CU

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 90 FT. INCLINED SHAFT, 60 FT. OF DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1951 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 617

  • 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. 101 - 103 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 617 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONE 2 - 5 FT. THICK; SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET FROM GRANITE CONTACT, IS HIGHLY CHLORITIZED AND HEAVILY STAINED WITH IRON OXIDES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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