The Pacific Coast Mill & Mining Company. is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 2,251 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,251 Feet (686 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.89778, -117.03833
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Pacific Coast Mill & Mining Company. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pacific Coast Mill & Mining Company.
Secondary: Barstow Metals Extraction Co.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1951
Material type: CON
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Flotation Milling Avg. 10% Cu, 2.6-2.8 Oz. Au/Ton And 20 Oz. Ag/Ton
Year: 1910
Time Period: 1904-1910
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Free Milling Of 75,000 Tons Of Tailings Assay 0.7% Cu, 0.14 Oz. Au/Ton And 1-1.5 Oz. Ag/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Copper
Comments
Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Location): UTM EST. CENTER OF SEC.
Comment (Workings): FLOTATION PLANT INSTALLED IN 1951. PREVIOUS TO THAT, ORE WAS RECOVERED BY FREE-MILLING AND CYANIDATION.
Comment (Deposit): BAGDAD-CHASE MINING CO. OPERATED A MILL ON THIS SITE FROM 1904-1910. THERE IS NO DEPOSIT LOCATED HERE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 78
Reference (Production): WRIGHT (1953)
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