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Gold Trails

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034045
MRDS ID M020733
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Trails
Related records 10116576

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.1869, 34.29671 (WGS84)
Relative position WHIPPLE MTS. EAST OF COPPER BASIN RESERVIOR

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 003N 027E 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.1869, 34.29671
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • LASTEST WORK BY LESSEE IN 1950 , 2 CARS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED.

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORED FOR FEW HUNDRED FEET BY DRIFT ADIT, SEVERAL PITS AND SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFTS. ANOTHER VEIN EXPLORED BY 300 FT. ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NO. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 11 (AP.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN SEVERAL VEINS NEAR CONTACT BETWEEN PRE-CAMBRIAN GNEISS AND TERTIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS.

Reporter information

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

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