Silver Lode and Blackwater

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10164542
MAS/MILS ID 0060711135
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Lode and Blackwater
Alternate or previous names Silver Lode and Black Water, Blackwater Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.87555, 35.7833 (WGS84)
Elevation 1304
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

Horse Thief Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 020 N 010 E 35 SESWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.87555, 35.7833

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. REPORT 17, 1921, P. 366.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 275, 1956, P. 144.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 53, 1957, P. 669.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-15, 1985,

  • Deposit

    NO. 5, PLATES 6B AND 7.

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

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