The Crater is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 3,848 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: 3,848 Feet (1,173 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.04194, -115.19389
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Crater MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crater
Secondary: Mitchell
Secondary: Denver
Secondary: Getchell
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
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: Miocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC S 1/2 SW 1/4 7. OTHER LOCATIONS AT SE 1/4 7, SW 1/4 SW 1/4 8 AND W 1/2 NE 1/4 AND NW 1/4 18.
Comment (Production): RECOVERY WAS BY DIRECT METHODS. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULARLY FAULTED QTZ. STRINGERS
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL PITS AND SHAFTS. NEARLY 500 FT. OF ADITS AND DRIFTS
Comment (Deposit): ACTIVE, 1930-31, 1938-39, AND 1941. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 126
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 627-628
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; TABULATED LIST: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 32
Reference (Production): GOODWIN (1957)
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