The Painsville is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 5,200 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: 5,200 Feet (1,585 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.6875, -116.82639
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Painsville MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Painsville
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Mt. Ord
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED IN 1890, ADJOINS RIO VISTA CLAIM ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. NE 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4
Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS. RIO VISTA VEIN 6-10 FT. THICK OTHER IS 15 FT. THICK MINERALIZATION HAS PENETRATED WALL ROCK FOR SEVERAL FEET. VEIN CONSISTS OF QUARTZ AND BRECCIATED WALL ROCK RECEMENTED WITH QUARTZ SHEARING STRESSES IN VICINITY OF VEINS HAS PRODUCED SCHISTOSE STRUCTURE.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT AND PIT ORD MT. COPPER MINE ON THE SOUTH
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 117
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TABULATED LIST: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1&2, P. 53
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE NEWBERRY & ORD MTNS: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 36, NO. 1, P. 239
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES. AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 309
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