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Piute

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, 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 10102994
MRDS ID M020772
Record type Site
Current site name Piute
Related records 10286072

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.06499, 34.84169 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 6 MILES SE OF FENNER, WEST SLOPE OF PIUTE MTS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fenner Spring(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

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 009N 018E 26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.06499, 34.84169
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 70 NW
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1915 - 1919

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGE SMELLER RECOVERY; 16.58 % ZN, 5.10 % PB, 8.14 % CU. GOLD-SILVER ORE WAS SHIPPED SEPARATELY.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 670.56M
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, 2000 FT. OF TUNNELS, DRIFTS AND ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL 23 , 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. 310

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF QUARTZ LENSES ALONG FISSURES AT INTERVALS, CAN BE FOLLOWED FOR DISTANCE OF 500 FT. ALONG THE OUTCROP.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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