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Silver Dome

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035613
MRDS ID M023464
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Dome
Related records 10141132

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.42867, 35.17639 (WGS84)
Elevation 960
Relative position 2 MI. SE FREMONT PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fremont Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 032S 042E 01 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4 SW 1/4 REF. PLACES MINE IN SEC. 3. SHAFTS LOCATED IN SEC. 1

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result HIGH-GRADE ORE SPOTS WERE ENCOUNTERED. ON THE 265-FT. LEVEL, AVG. 3-12% CU, $7-$20 AU, 7-15 OZ AG.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.42867, 35.17639
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fremont Peak

Comments on the workings information

  • 450 FT. SHAFT WITH LEVEL WORKINGS AT 150 AND 265 FT. DEPTHS EXTEND FOR MAXIUM LENGTH OF 165 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 57

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 314

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 PARALLEL VEINS IN FAULT FRACTURES. PRINCIPLE VEIN ACCOMPANIED BY DIABASE DIKE ALONG ITS HANGING WALL. VEIN AVG. 4 FT. THICK EXPOSED FOR LENGTH OF 4500 FT. VEIN FILLING CONSISTS OF QUARTZ, CALCITE AND WALL ROCK.
Deposit NE OF SILVER DOME LIMESTONE DEPOSIT. 10 LODE CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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