The Reward is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 4,039 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: 4,039 Feet (1,231 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.24472, -116.85361
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Reward MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Reward
Secondary: Montana
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Goldstone
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: REPORTED TO HAVE AVG. $30/TON AU ASSAYS TAKEN FROM COPPER ORE LENSES STATED TO CARRY FROM 4-15% CU AND $1.40/TON IN GOLD.
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 4 PATENTED CLAIMS LAST WORKED IN 1937 AND 1940 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM EST. CORNORS OF SECTIONS
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 2-6 FT THICK. SMALL LENSES OF COPPER ORE WERE FOUND ON CONTACT OF LIME-SILICATE DIKE.
Comment (Workings): 600 FT. DRIFT-ADIT. ORE SHOOT 150 FT. LONG AND 4 FT. THICK WAS DEVELOPED & MINED TO SURFACE. 20-TON AMALGAMATION MILL ON PROPERTY 112 FT. WINZE EXPLORED COPPER ORE 570 FT. FROM ADIT PORTAL.
Comment (Geology): A "LIME-SILICATE" DIKE FORMS FOOTWALL OF VEIN, SCHIST HANGING WALL
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. 55
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 39, P. 459
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