The Fremont Peak is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 3,560 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,560 Feet (1,085 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.19889, -117.47139
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Fremont Peak MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fremont Peak
Secondary: Gateway
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGE VALUE SAID TO BE $20.00/TON IN GOLD.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. NE 1/4 33, NW 1/4 34
Comment (Workings): 185-FT. INCLINE W/275 FT. DRIFT (NE) ON 50-FT. LEVEL, 300 FT. DRIFT (NE) ON 100 FT. LEVEL, 300 FT. DRIFT (SW) ON 185 FT. LEVEL, AND DRIFT (NE) 1100 FT. 1280 FT. CROSSCUT DRIVEN NW, 120 FT. WEST OF THE SHAFT. IT CUTS 5 PARALLEL NE-TRENDING VEINS. 3 OTHER ADITS 60 TO 200 FT. LONG. AMALAGMATION MILL ON PROPERTY.
Comment (Deposit): 28 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS IN QT. MONZONITE AND ALONG CONTACTS BETWEEN QT. MONZONITE AND RHYOLITE DIKES. 1-4 FT. THICK. ONE ORE SHOOT ON 185-FT. LEVEL OF WORKINGS, IS 400 FT. LONG AND 2 FT. THICK.
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 39, P. 449-450
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TABULATED LIST: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 35
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