The Brannigan is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 2,402 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: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.19333, -115.88639
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Brannigan MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brannigan
Secondary: Brooklyn and Los Angeles
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: 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
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): FROM BROOKLYN VEIN, EST. 4000 TONS OF ORE DEVELOPED, AVG. $16/TON AU W/ 1-3 OZ. AG/TON. 5000 TONS OF TAILINGS BELOW THE MILL AVG. $7/TON IN GOLD. TOTAL PRODUCTION OF THE BROOKLYN VEIN EST. AT $150,000. NO OTHER PRODUCTION INFORMATION FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): FRACTURE ZONES W/DISCONTINUOUS VEINS, 3-6 FT. THICK. SOME ORE IN THIN, BEDDING-PLANE SEAMS. VEINS ARE ABOUT 1000 FT. APART & STAINED WITH IRON AND COPPER OXIDES.
Comment (Workings): 2 ZONES OF WORKINGS, ABOUT A QUARTER MILE APART. NO. 1 (WEST), FOLLOWS ZONE W/SEVERAL NE-TRENDING DRIFT ADITS. NO. 2 WORKINGS CONSIST OF 3 ADIT LEVELS, WINZES AND STOPES, THAT FOLLOW NW- TRENDING ZONE. SEVERAL PITS. MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF WORKINGS IN TUCKER & SAMPSON (1931).
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. MANY LOCATIONS
Comment (Reserve-Resource): EST. RESERVES OF THE LOS ANGELES GP. ARE ABOUT 50000 TONS W/AVG. VALUE OF $9/TON IN GOLD. BELOW MILL, 2000 TONS OF TAILINGS, SAID TO AVG. $6/TON IN GOLD. YEAR OF ESTIMATIONS UNKNOWN.
Comment (Geology): FAULT, N40E, 85 SE, HAS DISPLACED BROOKLYN VEIN 75 FT. TO NE. NO ORE FOUND BEYOND THIS FAULT ON THE DIFFERENT LEVELS.
Comment (Deposit): 15 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TUCKER & SAMPSON (1931)
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. 72-73
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, V.J., 1931, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 289, 325
Reference (Production): WRIGHT (1953)
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