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Lester

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  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 10103336
MRDS ID M023502
Record type Site
Current site name Lester
Related records 10285831

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.7692, 35.23917 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 2 MI. E. SILVER PEAK (SUMMIT OF BLACKHAWK MTN.)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paradise Range(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 003N 002E 21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.7692, 35.23917
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W, NE
    Dip 90

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1920.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHORT TUNNELS & SHALLOW SHAFTS SMALL CYANIDE MILL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TABULATED LIST: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 46

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 303

  • Production

    WRIGHT (1953)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY OPENED IN LATE 1920'S. 11 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit 2 VEINS. NE-TRENDING ONE INTERSECTS NW-TRENDING VEIN 200 FT. NW OF A SHALLOW SHAFT. BEYOND THIS, THE VEIN IS EXPOSED FOR ABOUT A MILE.

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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