The Bluff and Western is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 1,801 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: 1,801 Feet (549 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.27778, -114.53639
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Bluff and Western MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bluff and Western
Secondary: Baily
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
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: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): EXPLORED FOR LESS THAN 50 FT. HORIZONTALLY BY WORKINGS ON 4 LEVELS THROUGH TOTAL VERTICAL INTERVAL OF LESS THAN 200 FT. UPPER WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHORT DRIFT ADIT NEAR A 50-FT. SHAFT SUNK ON VEIN. LOWER WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 200-FT. CROSSCUT ADIT DRIVEN N75E. INTERMEDIATE ADITS AND SHORT STOPES AND CUTS ON VEIN.
Comment (Geology): VOLCANIC ROCKS CAP GNEISS
Comment (Deposit): PROBABLY SAME AS BAILEY MINE. LAST WORKED IN 1935 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): NARROW VEIN
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. 27
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