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Frisco Group

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10086494
MRDS ID X024721
Record type Site
Current site name Frisco Group
Related records 10286569

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.46527, 35.05251 (WGS84)
Elevation 1554
Relative position 2.3 MI. S. SUMMIT OF COLUMBIA MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Columbia Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(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
Mount Diablo 011N 014E 10 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. E 1/2 NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ON FRISCO NO. 3 CLAIM,1 TON OF ORE WAS EXTRACTED AND SHIPPED TO U.S. SMELTING, REFINING AND MINING CO., CARRIED 2.17 OZ. AU, 55.4 OZ. AG. SAMPLES TAKEN FROM ADIT CROSSING DIKE REPORTEDLY CARRIED $3/TON IN GOLD.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.46527, 35.05251
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Kelso

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS, 1-2 FT. THICK. HIGH-GRADE STREAK ON ONE WALL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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