The America is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 1,099 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 1,099 Feet (335 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.42444, -115.76500
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America MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: America
Secondary: American
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1903
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 9 CLAIMS. 4 OF THE CLAIMS, AMERICA NO.1, 6 AND 7 WERE PATENTED IN 1925 AND 1926. LAST OPERATED 1936-1940 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): VEINS AND SEAMS. VEIN CUT OFF AT DEPTH OF 55 FT. BY TRACHYTE DIKE FOLLOWING A NEARLY-HORIZONTAL FAULT ZONE
Comment (Workings): 2 CROSSCUT ADITS WITH APPENDED DRIFTS, 2 SHAFTS, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS. 50-TON SAND-LEACHING CYANIDE PLANT
References
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. 70-71
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