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Union

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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 10035645
MRDS ID M023497
Record type Site
Current site name Union

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.88698, 34.95445 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Relative position 1.2 MI. WNW CALICO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nebo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(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
San Bernardino 010N 001E 16,15 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.88698, 34.95445
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Calico

Comments on the workings information

  • 400 FT. ADIT WITH A 100 FT. WINZE IN 1943. RECENT DEVELOPMENT (1952) CONSISTS OF 3 SHALLOW SHAFTS, A 2884 FT. ADIT AND 1500 FT. OF DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 676

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6-30 FT. SHEAR ZONE AT CONTACT
Deposit 6 GOLD-SILVER 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.

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