Blackwater Project No. 3

Prospect in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10116599
MAS/MILS ID 0060713458
Record type Site
Current site name Blackwater Project No. 3

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.33869, 35.37829 (WGS84)
Elevation 1107
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029 S 043 E 26 SESE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Echo Bay Exploration
    Home office Canada
    Year 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JENKINS, SCOTT L., 1989, GEOLOGY, ALTERATION, AND

  • Deposit

    MINERALIZATION OF THE BLACKWATER HYDROTHERMAL CELL,

  • Deposit

    SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA IN THE CALIFORNIA

  • Deposit

    DESERT MINERAL SYMPOSIUM COMPENDIUM, SACRAMENTO, CALIF.

  • Deposit

    UNITED STATES DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR BUREAU OF LAND

  • Deposit

    MANAGEMENT, P. 151-161.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO 0060713457 AND 0060713825.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-SEP-1993 Berg, Andrew W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.