Courtland

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035818
MRDS ID M023728
Record type Site
Current site name Courtland
Related records 10213291

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.9278, 34.32696 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 4 MI. NNE FAWNSKIN AT HEAD OF FURNACE CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fawnskin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Big Bear Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Bernardino National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 003N;003N 001W;001E 24;19 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST SE 1/4 24 SW 1/4 19

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.9278, 34.32696

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • FURNACE FM. CALCITE AND DOLOMITE MARBLE INTRUDED BY GRANITE PORPHYRY DIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTED BY SHALLOW PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RICHMOND, J.F. AND GRAY, C.H., JR., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MTS. NORTH OF BIG BEAR LAKE, CALIF: CALIF DIV. MINES SPECIAL REPORT NO. 65, P. 60

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit 4 LODE CLAIMS. IDLE IN 1958. ; 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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