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Uncle Sam

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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 10035685
MRDS ID M023556
Record type Site
Current site name Uncle Sam
Related records 10164385

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.89281, 35.28667 (WGS84)
Elevation 1024
Relative position 4 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 20,21,28,29 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NE 1/4 NE 1/4 29

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.89281, 35.28667
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 60NE

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

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 110 FT. SHAFT WITH 500 FT. OF WORKINGS ON 50 AND 100 FT. LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 60

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 39, P. 463

  • Production

    WRIGHT (1953)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 2 FT. THICK
Deposit 5 CLAIMS ADJOINS MERRICK AND BELMONT MINES ; 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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