Spud Patch

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Mercury
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040727
MRDS ID M055588
Record type Site
Current site name Spud Patch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.607, 35.29749 (WGS84)
Elevation 953

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(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
Mount Diablo 030S 041E 20 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE/4 SEC. 20

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.607, 35.29749

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Placer Deposits

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Atolia

Comments on the production information

  • NO MERCURY PRODUCTION DATA, 1.5 LB SCHEELITE/YARD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M. AND DORR, J.V.N., 2D, 1940, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE ATOLIA DISTRICT, SAN BERNARDINO AND KERN COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: USGS BULL. 922-H

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Gassaway, J. S. 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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