Valley View

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035721
MRDS ID M023610
Record type Site
Current site name Valley View
Related records 10189141, 10287062

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.08666, 35.27834 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 3 MI. S. HART PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hart Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Piute Wash(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(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 014N 018E 19 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. N 1/2 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOLD IS VERY FINE, ALL FREE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.08666, 35.27834

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip W
    Thickness 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN SOME INSTANCES, COUNTRY ROCK BETWEEN VEINS HAS BEEN MINERALIZED UP TO 40 FT. IN THICKNESS, MAKING UP LOW-GRADE ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hart

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT. SHAFT W/ LEVELS AT 50, 100 AND 200 FT. OLDER 50 FT. SHAFT, STOPE TO SURFACE, RAISES. CYANIDE PLANT ON PROPERTY, DISMANTLED IN 1951

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. 60

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V.39, P.464

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS IN ALTERATION ZONES ALONG FRACTURES, 3-5 FT. THICK. VEIN FILLING OF QUARTZ AND ALTERED RHYOLITE.
Deposit 12 CLAIMS. TUCKER & SAMPSON (1943) LOCATE MINE IN SEC. 24. ; 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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