Greenback

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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 10286663
MRDS ID M020734
MAS/MILS ID 0060711062
Record type Site
Current site name Greenback
Related records 10034046

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.82307, 34.71751 (WGS84)
Elevation 1527
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

Ord Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(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)

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 007 N 001 E 12 SENENE California

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, P. 103, LISTS A QUESTIONED LOCATION FOR THE QUARTER-QUARTER SECTION DIVISION. THE 1993 FIELD CHECK BY THE USBM REVEALED THAT THE NWSE(?) OF SEC. 12 IS AN ERRORONEOUS LOCATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.82307, 34.71751

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 BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NO. 30, P. 11.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, P. 103.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL REPORT 77,

  • Deposit

    1963, P. 29.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-SEP-1993 Hale, William J. 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.