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Renton Vein

Past Producer in Los Angeles county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  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 10034280
MRDS ID M021028
Record type Site
Current site name Renton Vein
Related records 10163532

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.30922, 33.32421 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES SE OF AVALON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Los Angeles(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Catalina East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Catalina Island(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Long Beach(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Pedro Channel Islands(hydrologic unit)

Ventura-San Gabriel Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Los Angeles

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 010S 014W 11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 60 N
    Thickness 0.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION REPORTED; AN ORE SHOOT 130 FT. LONG AVG. 6 FT. THICK WAS DEVELOPED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 731.52M
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 LEVELS, 100 FT. APART VERTICALLY, LONGEST ADIT IS A 400 FT. CROSSCUT AT LOWEST LEVEL, WITH 150 FT. OF DRIFT ON VEIN. A FIFTH ADIT COMPRISES 630 FT. OF DRIFTING ON PARALLEL VEINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GAY, T. E. JR. AND HOFFMAN, S. R.; 1954 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 50 , NOS. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 503 , 636

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 4 - 18 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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