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Vidal Gold

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035796
MRDS ID M023699
Record type Site
Current site name Vidal Gold
Alternate or previous names Dollar Bill, Savahai

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.54219, 34.25976 (WGS84)
Elevation 415
Relative position 1 MI. SSW SAVAHIA PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Savahia Peak(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 023E 14,15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.54219, 34.25976
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 80W-90, 70-75W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • INFO. FOR DOLLAR BILL VEIN. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • SAVAHAI VEIN EXPLORED BY CUTS AND 3 SHAFTS FOR ABOUT 600 FT. ALONG STRIKE. MAIN SHAFT INCLINED 80 DEG. W. EAST VEIN EXPLORED BY CUTS AND 3 SHAFTS ALONG STRIKE FOR LENGTH OF 800 FT. SAVAHAI MILL, NOW LARGELY DISMANTLED, TREATED ORE BY CYANIDATION.

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. 61

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 193, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 2, P.

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1948, COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 144, P. 316

  • Production

    WRIGHT (1953)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEINS, 350 FT. APART, WEST VEIN (SAVAHAI?) AND EAST VEIN (DOLLAR BILL)
Deposit LAST OPERATIONS APPARENTLY IN EARLY 1940'S ; 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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