Ida-Leona Mine

Past Producer in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064446
MRDS ID TC38818
Record type Site
Current site name Ida-Leona Mine
Alternate or previous names Gavilan
Related records 10285722

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.33559, 33.80003 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MILES NW OF PERRIS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steele Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Ana(hydrologic unit)

Santa Ana(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 04S 004W 19,20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.33559, 33.80003

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pinacate

Comments on the production information

  • $50,000 (1945).

Comments on the workings information

  • GAVILAN: SHAFT SUNK 485 FT ON VEIN IDA-LEONA: 2 COMPARTMENT SHAFT SUNK 350 FT WITH DRIFTS AT 50 FT INTERVALS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GAVILAN VEIN; N65W, 30S, 12-24 IN WIDE, IDA-LEONA VEIN VEIN: N65W, 60-65S, 12-48 IN WIDE, 400 FT SOUTH OF GAVILAN, AU IS QUARTZ FREE AND ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITE, GALENA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1993 Unkefer, Jason U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.