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Sagamore

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Tungsten, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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 10034080
MRDS ID M020776
Record type Site
Current site name Sagamore
Alternate or previous names New York
Related records 10237071

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.285, 35.25612 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position 17 MILES SOUTH OF IVANPAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piute Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mojave National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 014N 016E 33,34 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Huebnerite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Cambrian marine rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.27M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AT EAST AND WEST END OF PROPERTY, THERE IS A LARGE BODY OF LIMESTONE, SEPERATED BY 5000 FT IN WHICH THE CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE, RHYOLITE AND GRANITE OCCUR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1907 - 1908 , 1917 , 1942 - 1945 , 1951

Comments on the production information

  • 1942 - 1945 , 300 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED. SHIPPING GRADE ORE SHOWED AN AVERAGE SMELTER RECOVERY OF 2.84 % ZN, 19.85 % PB, 4.66 % CU, 17.50 OZ AG, SOME GOLD.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS 1,100 , 550 AND 600 FT. LONG. SHAFTS 150 , 100 AND 50 FT. DEEP. 1952 ; 100 FT. OF DRIFTING FROM MAIN SHAFT DEVELOPED A 4 - FT. VEIN ASSAYING, 2 OZ AG, 2.60 % PB, 3.64 % ZN, 0.10 % CU AND 0.82 % WO3.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV OF MINES, P. 664

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NO. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 67 - 68 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 664

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE MINERALS, MOST ABUNDANT IN SHOOTS WITHIN FOUR ROUGHLY PARALLEL VEINS.

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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Authoritative California resources

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