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Ramsey

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead
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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 10106522
MRDS ID X024726
Record type Site
Current site name Ramsey
Alternate or previous names Wheeler
Related records 10286105

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.0617, 34.37835 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Relative position 1.5 MI. N. HORSE SPRING CAMP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fifteenmile Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Bernardino(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)

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 003N 002W 03,02 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SE 1/4 NW 1/4 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Secondary
Lead Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result REPORTED TO CARRY $20-$50 AU/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH-SWELL
    Strike N20W, N
    Dip 25W, 50-70W
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS BETWEEN DIORITE DIKES AND GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bellville

Comments on the production information

  • NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, INCLUDING SHAFTS, INCLINES, DRIFTS, AND SEVERAL ADITS. 25-TON CYANIDE PLANT, NOW DISMANTLED. DRIFTS ON 40-FT AND 65-FT. LEVELS. NORTH OF SHAFT, TUNNEL DRIVEN SOUTH ON VEIN FOR 40 FT. VEIN STOPED FOR 20 FT. TO A DEPTH OF 10 FT. 500 FT. NORTH OF SHAFT. ANOTHER TUNNEL HAS BEEN DRIVEN NORTH 150 FT. WITH 50 FT. OF BACKS. ORE STOPED TO SURFACE FOR LENGTH OF 50 FT. 500 FT. NORTH OF THESE WORKINGS, TUNNEL DRIVEN SOUTH FOR 200 FT. ORE SHOOT 100 FT. LONG, 2 FT. THICK, IS STOPED TO SURFACE FOR 60 FT. 100 FT. AND 150 FT. WINZES IN TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 54

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 4, P. 458

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957: LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, P. 662

  • Production

    GOODWIN (1957)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ALONG DIKES, ABOUT 500 FT. APART. 6 IN-4 FT. THICK. CAN BE TRACED ALONG SURFACE OUTCROPS FOR ABOUT 6000 FT. STRIKES AND DIPS GIVEN FOR WEST AND EAST VEINS, RESPECTIVELY. AS A RULE, WHEN VEINS PINCH TO A THICKNESS OF 6-12 INCHES, THE GOLD VALUES INCREASE. DIORITE FOOTWALL, GRANITE HANGING WALL.
Deposit 12 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

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