Renton Vein

Past Producer in Los Angeles county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10163532
MRDS ID M021028
MAS/MILS ID 0060370299
Record type Site
Current site name Renton Vein
Alternate or previous names Renton, Renton Mine, Renton Vein Mine
Related records 10034280

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.31419, 33.32314 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Los Angeles(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santa Catalina East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Catalina Island(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Long Beach(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Pedro Channel Islands(hydrologic unit)

Ventura-San Gabriel Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Los Angeles

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 010 S 014 W 11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 33, 1937, P. 198.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 50, 1954, NO. 64, P. 636.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 53, 1957, NO. 136, P. 538.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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