The Vidal Gold is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 1,362 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: 1,362 Feet (415 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.25972, -114.54139
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Vidal Gold MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vidal Gold
Secondary: Dollar Bill
Secondary: Savahai
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Iron
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): SAVAHAI VEIN EXPLORED BY CUTS AND 3 SHAFTS FOR ABOUT 600 FT. ALONG STRIKE. MAIN SHAFT INCLINED 80 DEG. W. EAST VEIN EXPLORED BY CUTS AND 3 SHAFTS ALONG STRIKE FOR LENGTH OF 800 FT. SAVAHAI MILL, NOW LARGELY DISMANTLED, TREATED ORE BY CYANIDATION.
Comment (Production): INFO. FOR DOLLAR BILL VEIN. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): 2 VEINS, 350 FT. APART, WEST VEIN (SAVAHAI?) AND EAST VEIN (DOLLAR BILL)
Comment (Deposit): LAST OPERATIONS APPARENTLY IN EARLY 1940'S ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
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. 61
Reference (Deposit): ERIC, J.H., 1948, COPPER IN CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES & GEOLOGY BULL. 144, P. 316
Reference (Production): WRIGHT (1953)
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 193, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 2, P.
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