Gold Belt

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035646
MRDS ID M023499
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Belt
Alternate or previous names Gold Peak, Mcginnis
Related records 10262618

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.9267, 34.66334 (WGS84)
Elevation 1487
Relative position ON SOUTH SUMMIT OF GOAT MTN., 1.3 MI. N. TAYLOR SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Ord Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(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
San Bernardino 007N 001E 30,31,25 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC W 1/2 W 1/2 SW 1/4 30

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.9267, 34.66334

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40-50E
    Dip 45 SE
    Thickness 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, PITS AND 275 FT. SHAFT WITH OVER 1000 FT. OF DRIFTS ON 50 FT., 100 FT., AND 240 FT. LEVELS. 270 FT. RAISE TO SURFACE MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF WORKINGS EXIST IN TUCKER & SAMPSON (1943).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 117

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 4, P. 449, P. 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ACTIVE 1930-32. 9 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit 2-7 FT. THICK QTZ-CALCITE VEIN ALONG SHEAR ZONES.

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.

External references

Authoritative California resources

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