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Bullion

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102980
MRDS ID M020696
Record type Site
Current site name Bullion
Related records 10262041

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.47306, 35.39112 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 10 MILES NORTH OF CIMA, EAST SLOPE IVANPAH MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mineral Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 015N 014E 10,15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.47306, 35.39112
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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
Production years 1916 - 1917

Mining district

District name Bullion

Comments on the production information

  • 250 TONS, SMELTER RECOVERY AVERAGE, 15 % PB, 7.8 % CU, 0.51 OZ AG AND 0.157 OZ AU/TON. REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED AROUND 1860.

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT. 45 DEG. INCLINED SHAFT IN 1917

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 619

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NOS. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 73 (AP.)

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 619 (SEE REF.)

Reporter information

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

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Authoritative California resources

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