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Alvord Mine

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. 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 10236813
MRDS ID M023585
MAS/MILS ID 0060710060
Record type Site
Current site name Alvord Mine
Alternate or previous names Alvord
Related records 10103362

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.62726, 35.06891 (WGS84)
Elevation 768
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

Alvord Mountain West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

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 003 E 02 NWSESE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, P. 70.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., 53, 1957, P. 609.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1089-A, 1960, P. 61-63.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. III-

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: P. 125.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUL-1992 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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