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Green Gold

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103374
MRDS ID M023622
Record type Site
Current site name Green Gold
Alternate or previous names Bank Roll, Kieper Lead-Silver, Valentine.
Related records 10236999

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.62417, 35.53694 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 2 MI. WNW SUMMIT OF CLARK MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clark Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

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 017N 013E 30 California

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVG. VALUE OF ORE REPORTED TO BE 20 OZ. AG AND 25% PB

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.62417, 35.53694
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults, Fractures And Cross Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form DISCONTINUOUS LENSES
    Thickness 1.68M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clark Mt.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU-AG-CU ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1939. PB-ZN PRODUCTION UNKNOWN.

Comments on the workings information

  • 285 FT. ADIT AND A WINZE 150 FT. FROM PORTAL FOLLOWS N60W - FRACTURE. 2 DRIFTS, ONE 30 FT. LONG NEAR WINZE, ANOTHER 150 FT. LONG FROM ADIT FACE, FOLLOW CROSS FRACTURES.30 FT. ADIT AND 40 FT. SHAFT DRIVEN INTO 6 IN - 5.5 FT. THICK ORE BODY. IN SOUTHERN PART OF MINE AREA, ABOUT 400 FT. OF PROSPECT ADITS DRIVEN EASTWARD INTO LIMESTONE. SHALLOW OPENINGS ALONG A ZONE 350 YARDS LONG MARK THE REMOVAL OF HIGH - GRADE ORE POCKETS. MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF WORKINGS IN TUCKER & SAMPSON (1943)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 638

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 4, P. 484

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD - SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V.27, P.341

  • Production

    GOODWIN (1957)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW VEINS. ORE BODIES OCCUR ALONG FRACTURES STRIKING N60W, DIPPING 70 NE. ALSO IN CROSS FRACTURES TRENDING N30E. ABOUT 1500 FT. NE OF GLORY HOLE, AN ORE BODY 6 IN - 5 1/2 FT. THICK OCCURS. SOME LENSES ARE TERMINATED BY FAULTS.
Deposit COMPRISES 6 CLAIMS INCL. GLORY HOLE, EERIE, EAGLE'S NEST, YELLOW CROCUS, DIAMOND BACK AND LITTLE GREMLIN ; 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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