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Oro Belle

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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035722
MRDS ID M023611
Record type Site
Current site name Oro Belle
Alternate or previous names Castle Mountain Project - Oro Belle Is One of the Six Deposits of The, Castle Mountain Project. Refer To Mrds Record # W700451 For Further, Information.
Related records 10116064

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.09083, 35.28751 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position 3.7 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 18,19 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SW 1/4 SW 1/4 18, NW 1/4 NW 1/4 19

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.09083, 35.28751
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 60SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED (3000-4000 TONS, AVG. $12/TON IN GOLD) ONLY IN EARLY 1940'S. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN CUT BY 400 FT. NW-TRENDING CROSSCUT, NE-TRENDING DRIFT AND 45 FT. DRIFT TO SW. STOPED FOR 300 FT. TO NE. VERTICAL SHAFT, 700 FT. DEEP

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. 51-52

  • Production

    WRIGHT (1953)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONES ALONG FRACTURES
Deposit MOST DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE ABOUT 1915-20. MILLED AT NEARBY VALLEY VIEW MINE. ; 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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