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Goldstone

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035684
MRDS ID M023555
Record type Site
Current site name Goldstone
Related records 10141088

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.91115, 35.3175 (WGS84)
Elevation 1015
Relative position 3 MI. S. OF SOUTH SHORE, GOLDSTONE LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldstone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Mountains(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

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 014N 001E 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result ORE REPORTED TO HAVE AVG. $40/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.91115, 35.3175
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 45E
    Thickness 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GOLD REPORTED FROM OXIDIZED ZONE OF DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goldstone

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1925.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, SHALLOW INCLINES AND LARGE OPEN CUT. EXPLORED FOR 450 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEADAND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 636-637

  • 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. 40

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES, AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 299

  • Production

    WRIGHT (1953)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 3 FT. THICK ALONG FAULT CONTACT
Deposit OPERATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH NEARBY BELMONT MINE IN 1917. SEE GOLDSTONE-BELMONT REPORT. ; 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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