Garvanza Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10262273
MRDS ID M022667
MAS/MILS ID 0060710360
Record type Site
Current site name Garvanza Mine
Alternate or previous names Garvana, American Tungsten Mining & Ref. Co., Carbonate Group
Related records 10035353

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.34503, 35.27811 (WGS84)
Elevation 1317
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

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(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

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 014 N 015 E 23 C SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.34503, 35.27811

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. STATE MINING REPORT 15, 1917, P. 841.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, TABULATED LIST,

  • Deposit

    NO. 360, P. 116.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-7, 1985,

  • Deposit

    PLATES 6 AND 7.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1990, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EAST

  • Deposit

    MOJAVE NATIONAL SCENIC AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA: TABLE 2, NO. 287, P. 123.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-NOV-1991 Mayerle, Ronald T. 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.