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Silver Basin

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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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 10035638
MRDS ID M023489
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Basin
Alternate or previous names Elkhorn Mining Co., Golden Era, Gold Basin
Related records 10188821

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.6245, 35.33471 (WGS84)
Elevation 1091
Relative position 1.2 MI. S. RED MTN. BELOW TAILINGS PONDS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Mountain(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)

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
Mount Diablo 030S 041E 07 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result HIGH-GRADE ORE MINED NEAR SURFACE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.6245, 35.33471
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 70NE
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SERIES OF N-TRENDING FRACTURES, 5-6 FT. THICK & FILLED W/BRECCIATED WALL ROCK, RECEMENTED WITH QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS, 240 AND 200 FT. DEEP WITH 850 OR MORE FEET OF DRIFTS. STOPES, RAISE. MILL ON PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 19438 GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 39, P. 502

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 IRON-STAINED VEINS, 1-3 FT. THICK
Deposit ACTIVE 1920'S AND 1930'S. 7 CLAIMS AND FRACTIONS ; 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

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