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Garfield

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102985
MRDS ID M020725
Record type Site
Current site name Garfield
Related records 10165272

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.82697, 34.36085 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 12 MILES SE OF LUCERNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Bear City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Big Bear Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 003N 001E 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.82697, 34.36085
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 50 NE
    Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL SHIPMENTS OF ORE MADE IN 1932 REPORTED TO CARRY $80 PER TON IN LEAD AND SILVER.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 586.13M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 CROSSCUT ADITS; UPPER ADIT DRIVEN N 30 E FOR 165 FT., DRIFTS 35 FT. NW AND 73 FT. SE. LOWER ADIT IS 400 FT. BELOW UPPER ADIT, DRIVEN N 30 E FOR 1,100 FT, 700 FT. FROM PORTAL IS DRIFT SE FOR 550 FT.

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 632

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943 , MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 480

  • Production

    TUCKER, W. B., 1943 , P. 480 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR BUNCHES ALONG FRACTURES IN BRECCIATED LIMESTONE. UPPER TUNNEL FRACTURE ZONE WAS 8 - 10 FT. THICK MINERALIZED WITH OCCASIONAL LENSES OF ORE MINERALS.

Reporter information

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

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