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Nickel Plate

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035793
MRDS ID M023696
Record type Site
Current site name Nickel Plate
Related records 10236985

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.27718, 34.27393 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Relative position 1 MI. WSW OF MONUMENT PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whipple Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Parker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imperial Reservoir(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 002N 026E 08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.27718, 34.27393
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 300 FT. CROSSCUT ADIT, DRIVEN N80E, APPENDED TO SHORT DRIFTS, WINZES, RAISES AND STOPES. VEIN EXPOSED 50 FT. ABOVE ADIT ALONG CUT FOR LESS THAN 100 FT.

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. 49-50

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948, COPPER IN CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 144, P. 313

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit OPERATED BY LESSEES AS LATE AS 1941 ; 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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