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Gold Standard

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Manganese
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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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103390
MRDS ID M023726
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Standard
Related records 10164395

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.15863, 34.6528 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position 0.5 MI. S. OF RAGTOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ludlow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 007N 008E 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. N 1/2 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ASSAYS RUN UP TO $35 IN GOLD

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.15863, 34.6528
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Stedman

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS, 70, 110 AND 100 FT. DEEP. CROSSCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 118

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF, TABULATED LIST: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 39 PL.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 36, P. 236

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J.H., 1944, COPPER IN CALIFORNIA, CALIF. DIV. OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 144, P. 306

  • Production

    WRIGHT (1953)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE ZONE. FILLED WITH CRUSHED HOST ROCK STAINED W/OXIDES OF IRON, COPPER & MANGANESE.
Deposit 7 CLAIMS ; 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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