The Castle is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 2,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,201 Feet (671 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.64944, -115.60556
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Castle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Castle
Secondary: Golden Cycle
Secondary: Camp Castle
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
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: MASSIVE SULFIDE ORE SHOWS ON THE DUMP MATERIAL. DEVELOPMENT AS OF 1927, INDICATED SAMPLES TO RUN FROM $4 TO $18, WITH A GENERAL AVERAGE OF $12.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC W 1/2 SE 1/4
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1911.
Comment (Workings): 2 275 FT. SHAFTS, NUMEROUS SURFACE WORKINGS. DRIFTS ON SEVERAL LEVELS
Comment (Geology): NW - TRENDING FAULT DISPLACES VEIN FOR 25 FEET. MOUNTAIN TO SW OF PROPERTY IS CUPPED BY SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF VOLCANIC TUFF.
Comment (Deposit): WRIGHT (1953) LOCATES MINES IN SEC. 26., SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO (1964) HOWEVER, LOCATES MINE IN SEC. 34. 5 CLAIMS PROBABLY FIRST WORKED BY INDIANS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): VEINS, MAIN ONE TRACEABLE FOR 2200 FT. ON SURFACE, IS FROM FEW IN 5 FT. THICK. NORTH WALL IS DOLOMITE, SOUTH WALL IS DIORITE. VEIN APPEARS TO BE FAULTED IN 2 PLACES
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V.3, P. 118
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 290-291
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. 39
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J.H., 1944, COPPER IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. DIV OF MINES BULL. 144, P.301
Reference (Production): WRIGHT (1953)
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