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Bimetallic

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040698
MRDS ID M055557
Record type Site
Current site name Bimetallic
Alternate or previous names Desert Mercury Group
Related records 10141189

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.20804, 34.65003 (WGS84)
Elevation 780
Relative position 12 MI NE OF DANBY, IN THE OLD WOMAN MOUNTAINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Essex(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Amboy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 007N 017E 33 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TO CENTER OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.20804, 34.65003
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Breccia Zone

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 80 E
    Dip 60 E
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Brecciated Rock Unit Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PARALLEL DIKES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1940

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. M. Mingus
    First year 1930

Production statistics

  • Year 1960
    Period To 1960
    Material HG
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^6 Lb/Ton
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Mercury Mercury 2711g/mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1931, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: CJMG VOL. 27, NO. 3.

  • Production

    USBM DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, J. S. U.S. Geological Survey

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