The Gold Reef Group is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 2,402 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: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.70028, -115.39972
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Gold Reef Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Reef Group
Secondary: Clipper Mtn.
Secondary: Tom Reed
Secondary: Gold Reef
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Gold Reef
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: Hydrothermal Alteration Occurs Along Fault Zone.
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Deposit): CONSOLIDATION FOR OPERATING PURPOSES DURING 1917-18, OF THE CLIPPER MTN., GOLD REEF AND TOM REED MINES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. N 1/2 15. OTHER LOCATION IN SEC. 14
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, FEW IN.-50 FT. THICK ALONG FAULT ZONE
Comment (Workings): 300 FT. SHAFT AT CLIPPER MTN., 500 FT. SHAFT AT TOM REED AND SEVERAL PITS AND ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 119
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 38
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