The Roulette is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 1,001 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: 1,001 Feet (305 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.38944, -114.28306
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Roulette MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Roulette
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2 SHORT ADITS, 50 FT. VERTICAL INTERVAL. 70-FT INCLINE ON ROULETTE VEIN. OTHER VEINS DEVELOPED BY SHALLOW CUTS & SHORT SHAFTS 40-TON FLOTATION PLANT
Comment (Deposit): 23 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): ABOUT 700 TONS OF ORE WERE MILLED DURING THESE PERIODS, AVERAGING ABOUT $8/TON IN GOLD. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. SE 1/4 31. OTHER LOCATIONS IN SEC. 6 ACROSS RIVER
Comment (Deposit): PARALLEL VEINS, 2-6 FT. THICK
References
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. 56
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 39, P. 457-458
Reference (Production): WRIGHT (1953)
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