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Golden Bee Mine

Past Producer in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064449
MRDS ID TC38821
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Bee Mine
Related records 10237269

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.93361, 33.90504 (WGS84)
Relative position 22 MILES SE TWENTY-NINE PALMS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fried Liver Wash(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eagle Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(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

Joshua Tree National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 03S 010E 15,16 California

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SLOPE HEXIE MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.93361, 33.90504
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 35E
    Width 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 100 FT EAST OF VEIN A RHYOLITIC DIKE 20 TO 50 FT WIDE STRIKES NS, 50E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pinon

Comments on the production information

  • ORE 1-6 OZ AU/TON, TOTAL $40,000 (1945).

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL DRIVEN 100 FT SOUTH ON FOOTWALL WITH EAST CROSSCUTS, NORTH OF TUNNEL INCLINED SHAFT AT 85 DEGREES FOR 70 FT THEN 50 DEGREES FOR 90 FT WHERE A CROSSCUT IS DRIVEN INTO THE VEIN.

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. 132

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIABASE FORMS THE FOOTWALL WHILE ANDESITE IS THE HANGING WALL, VEIN IS A FAULT FISSURE WITH CLAY GOUGE ON BOTH WALLS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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