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Roulette

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035792
MRDS ID M023695
Record type Site
Current site name Roulette
Related records 10141205

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.28385, 34.38948 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position 0.7 MI. S. OF ROADS END CAMP ON S. SHORE COLORADO RIVERS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Havasu City South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Havasu-Mohave Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic subregion)

Lower Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 003N;004N 026E;026E 06;31 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SE 1/4 31. OTHER LOCATIONS IN SEC. 6 ACROSS RIVER

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.28385, 34.38948
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 26-30W
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 700 TONS OF ORE WERE MILLED DURING THESE PERIODS, AVERAGING ABOUT $8/TON IN GOLD. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHORT ADITS, 50 FT. VERTICAL INTERVAL. 70-FT INCLINE ON ROULETTE VEIN. OTHER VEINS DEVELOPED BY SHALLOW CUTS & SHORT SHAFTS 40-TON FLOTATION PLANT

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. 56

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 39, P. 457-458

  • Production

    WRIGHT (1953)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 23 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit PARALLEL VEINS, 2-6 FT. THICK

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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