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Merrick

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103353
MRDS ID M023557
Record type Site
Current site name Merrick
Alternate or previous names Gold Crown Group
Related records 10212751

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.89115, 35.28444 (WGS84)
Elevation 1052
Relative position 4 MI. S. OF SOUTH SHORE, GOLDSTONE LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Goldstone(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 014N 001E 29 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. NW 1/4. REF. PLACES CLAIMS IN SEC. 20, BUT TOPO INDICATES 29

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.89115, 35.28444
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS
    Strike NW
    Dip 30-40NE
    Thickness 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIORITE INTRUSION ON EAST EDGE OF SCHIST BELT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Goldstone

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1936. 33 TONS OF ORE WERE MINED, VALUED AT $1370.00 FROM WORKINGS SOUTH OF TUNNEL. TOTAL AMOUNT OF ORE SHIPPED AMOUNTED TO $20,000.

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT TUNNEL DRIVEN SW FOR 124 FT. W/ 30 FT. OF BACKS, ALSO OPEN CUTS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 48

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 39, P. 456

  • Production

    WRIGHT, (1953)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRINGERS AND VEINS IN BELT, 2 IN-12 IN THICK.
Deposit 13 CLAIMS. TUCKER & SAMPSON (1943) INDICATE MINE IN SEC-35. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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