Providence Mine

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10164490
MRDS ID W024736
MAS/MILS ID 0060710269
Record type Site
Current site name Providence Mine
Alternate or previous names Providence, Grey Hound
Related records 10077229

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.49893, 35.02941 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
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

Columbia Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(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

Mojave National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

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 011 N 014 E 10 SWNWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Secondary
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.49893, 35.02941

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ERIC, J. H., 1948, TABULATION OF COPPER PROPERTIES IN

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    CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 144,

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    PART 3, P. 315.

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    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORIA:

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    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NO. 3 & 4,

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    P. 661.

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    HAZZARD, J. C., 1954, ROCKS AND STRUCTURE OF THE NORTHERN

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    PROVIDENCE MOUNTAINS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA,

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    IN JAHNS, R. H., ED., GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:

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    CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULLETIN 170, CHAPTER 4,

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    P. 27-35, MAP SHEETS.

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    LEECH, E. O., 1890, REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE MINT UPON

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    THE PRODUCTION OF THE PRECIOUS METALS IN THE UNITED STATES

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    DURING THE CALENDER YEAR 1889: U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

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    P. 105.

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    MOYLE, P. R., AND OTHERS, 1986, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE

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    PROVIDENCE MOUNTAINS STUDY AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY,

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    CALIFORNIA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEFILE REPORT MLA

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    47-86, APPENDIX B, NO. 72, P. 283.

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    TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1930, LOS ANGELES FIELD

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    DIVISION, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF

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    MINES, REPORT XXVI OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, NO. 3,

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    P. 281-282.

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    TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1931, LOS ANGELES FIELD

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    MINES, REPORT XXVII OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST, NO. 3.

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    WRIGHT, L. A., STEWART, R. M., GAY, T. E., JR., AND

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    HAZENBUSH, G. C., 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN

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    BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES

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    AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 AND 2, TABLES, P. 82.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-91 Moyle, Phillip R. 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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