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Mollusk

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035775
MRDS ID M023678
Record type Site
Current site name Mollusk
Alternate or previous names Mescal, Cambria
Related records 10212696

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.53612, 35.455 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 1 MI. SSE MOUNTAIN PASS ON HIGHYWAY 91

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mescal Range(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 016N 013E 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.53612, 35.455
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NNW
    Dip 30W
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • MINE REPORTEDLY PRODUCED HIGH-GRADE ORE. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE OPEN STOPES BETWEEN 3 DRIFTS SPACED ABOUT 50 FT. APART. A MAIN HAVLAGEWAY DRIVEN 50 FT. BENEATH LOWEST DRIFT LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 75

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, SEVERAL IN. -3FT. THICK, FOLLOWING BEDDING PLANE. EXPOSED FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED YARDS.

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.

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Authoritative California resources

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