The Supply, Nightingale is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 1,841 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: 1,841 Feet (561 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.06861, -115.72278
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Supply, Nightingale MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Supply, Nightingale
Secondary: Gold Crown
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Dale
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: M
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: GRADES OF ORE FROM VARIOUS LEVEL WORKINGS AVAILABLE IN TUCKER & SAMPSON (1940)
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INCLUDES GOLD CROWN, JEAN, LUHRMAN, NIGHTINGALE AND SUPPLY OPERATED BY SEALE GOLD MINING CO., AND LATER BY UNITED GREEN WATER COPPER CO. BOTH PRIOR TO 1915. IDLE UNTIL 1928 WHEN IT WAS OPERATED BY ARROWHEAD DEVELOPMENT CO. NIGHTINGALE BECAME ACTIVE FROM 1930-1942 WHEN GOLD CROWN MINING CO. LEASED THE PROPERTY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): SUPPLY GP. (SUPPLY AND NIGHTINGALE) HAS YEILDED AU ORE VALUED AT $500,000. ABOVE FIGURES FOR ENTIRE GOLD CROWN MINING COMPANY. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 4-12 FT. THICK
Comment (Workings): 1250 FT., 70 DEGREE INCLINE, A 200 FT. INCLINE, AND 675 FT., 85 DEGREE INCLINE WITH LEVELS AT 75 FT. INTERVALS. TOTAL UNDERGROUND WORKINGS ABOUT 6000 FT. FOR MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF WORKINGS,SEE TUCKER & SAMPSON (1943).
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J. 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 4, P. 448-451.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, CURRENT MINING ACTIVITY IN SOUTHERN CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V.36, NO. 1, P.63-65
Reference (Production): GOODWIN (1957) WRIGHT (1953)
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V.53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 674
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. 81-82
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