The Ord Belt is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 4,600 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: 4,600 Feet (1,402 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.62694, -116.75972
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Ord Belt MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ord Belt
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Ord Mt.
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: 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): VEINS, 5 FT. THICK IN DACITE AND ALONG RHYOLITE-MONZONITE CONTACT VEIN FILLING CONSISTS OF QUARTZ AND BRECCIATED WALL ROCK RECEMENTED WITH QUARTZ. N-TRENDING VEINS OCCUR IN DACITE. NE-TRENDING VEINS OCCUR AT CONTACT.
Comment (Workings): 6 ADITS 75-500 FT. LONG. RAISES.
Comment (Geology): RHYOLITE OCCURS BOTH AS CAPPING AND AS DIKES
Comment (Location): UTM EST. S 1/2 N 1/2. LOCATION UNCERTAIN
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 114
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. 51.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36, P. 238-239
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 307-308
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