The Long Shot is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 3,999 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: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.56444, -115.21667
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Long Shot MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Long Shot
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
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: 1.0 OZ AU/TON REPORTED
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST SE 1/4 32, APPARENTLY ENCOMPASSES SEVERAL LOCATIONS
Comment (Production): ORE SHIPPED FROM PROPERTY CARRIED 0.96-1.57 OZ./TON IN GOLD. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 1-4 FT. THICK. DIPS STEEPLY & CROPS OUT FOR 6000 FT. ANOTHER SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS THAT INTERSECT THE MAIN VEIN.
Comment (Workings): 70 FT. SHAFT, 300 FT. ADIT TO VEIN, 160 FT. BELOW UPPER ADIT. STOPE NUMBER OF OTHER SHAFTS & OPEN CUTS. DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF WORKINGS IN TUCKER & SAMPSON (1940).
Comment (Geology): GRANITE CONTAINS INCLUSIONS OF MICA AND HORNBLENDE SCHISTS
Comment (Deposit): 7 CLAIMS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON WORKINGS AND ORE SHIPMENTS SEE TUCKER & SAMPSON (1943) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 116
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. 46.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., AND SAMPSON, R.J. 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 39. NO. 4, P. 455, P 7.
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. 69
Reference (Production): WRIGHT (1953) TUCKER & SAMPSON (1940)
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