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Providence

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077229
MRDS ID W024736
Record type Site
Current site name Providence
Related records 10164490

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.53944, 34.91474 (WGS84)
Elevation 1561
Relative position 7 MILES EAST OF HAYDEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fountain Peak(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

Mojave National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 010N 014E 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.53944, 34.91474
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPMENT OF ORE IN 1918 CONTAINED, 10.25 % PB, 0.69 % CU AND 37.10 OZ AG/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT SUNK 300 FT., SOME DRIFTING ON 100 AND 200 FT. LEVELS 65 FT. BELOW COLLAR OF SHAFT A TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN EAST 200 FT. AND CONNECTED WITH THE SHAFT. DRIFTS OFF THIS TUNNEL WERE DRIVEN N AND S FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODMAN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 661

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J. 1931 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION; 27TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 354

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 661

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IDLED SINCE 1926 . NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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