The Goldstone is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 3,330 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: 3,330 Feet (1,015 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.3175, -116.91028
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Goldstone MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Goldstone
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Goldstone
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE REPORTED TO HAVE AVG. $40/TON
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1925.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 3 FT. THICK ALONG FAULT CONTACT
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, SHALLOW INCLINES AND LARGE OPEN CUT. EXPLORED FOR 450 FT.
Comment (Geology): GOLD REPORTED FROM OXIDIZED ZONE OF DEPOSIT
Comment (Deposit): OPERATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH NEARBY BELMONT MINE IN 1917. SEE GOLDSTONE-BELMONT REPORT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
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. 40
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES, AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 299
Reference (Production): WRIGHT (1953)
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEADAND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 636-637
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