Fremont Peak

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic
Sections on this page
  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 10035643
MRDS ID M023494
Record type Site
Current site name Fremont Peak
Alternate or previous names Gateway
Related records 10115811, 10134833

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.47228, 35.19889 (WGS84)
Elevation 1085
Relative position 0.5 MI. W. 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 031S 042E 33,34 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NE 1/4 33, NW 1/4 34

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE VALUE SAID TO BE $20.00/TON IN GOLD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.47228, 35.19889

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 70NW
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 185-FT. INCLINE W/275 FT. DRIFT (NE) ON 50-FT. LEVEL, 300 FT. DRIFT (NE) ON 100 FT. LEVEL, 300 FT. DRIFT (SW) ON 185 FT. LEVEL, AND DRIFT (NE) 1100 FT. 1280 FT. CROSSCUT DRIVEN NW, 120 FT. WEST OF THE SHAFT. IT CUTS 5 PARALLEL NE-TRENDING VEINS. 3 OTHER ADITS 60 TO 200 FT. LONG. AMALAGMATION 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. 35

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 39, P. 449-450

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS IN QT. MONZONITE AND ALONG CONTACTS BETWEEN QT. MONZONITE AND RHYOLITE DIKES. 1-4 FT. THICK. ONE ORE SHOOT ON 185-FT. LEVEL OF WORKINGS, IS 400 FT. LONG AND 2 FT. THICK.
Deposit 28 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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