The Valley View is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 4,400 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: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.27833, -115.08583
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Valley View MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Valley View
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Hart
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
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. N 1/2 SW 1/4
Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS VERY FINE, ALL FREE.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS IN ALTERATION ZONES ALONG FRACTURES, 3-5 FT. THICK. VEIN FILLING OF QUARTZ AND ALTERED RHYOLITE.
Comment (Workings): 200 FT. SHAFT W/ LEVELS AT 50, 100 AND 200 FT. OLDER 50 FT. SHAFT, STOPE TO SURFACE, RAISES. CYANIDE PLANT ON PROPERTY, DISMANTLED IN 1951
Comment (Geology): IN SOME INSTANCES, COUNTRY ROCK BETWEEN VEINS HAS BEEN MINERALIZED UP TO 40 FT. IN THICKNESS, MAKING UP LOW-GRADE ORE
Comment (Deposit): 12 CLAIMS. TUCKER & SAMPSON (1943) LOCATE MINE IN SEC. 24. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V.39, P.464
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. 60
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