The Wild Rose is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.33944, -116.91194
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Wild Rose MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wild Rose
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. SE 1/4
Comment (Deposit): POCKETS
Comment (Deposit): IDLE 1958 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, EACH 100 FT. DEEP, ABOUT 200 FT. APART. SEVERAL ADITS, MOSTLY CAVED.
Comment (Geology): DOLOMITE MARBLE OF FURNACE FM. DESCRIBED AS IRREGULAR AND CHERTY.
References
Reference (Deposit): RICHMOND, J.F. AND GRAY, C.H., JR., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MTS. NORTH OF BIG BEAR LAKE, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, SPECIAL REPORT NO 65., P. 64
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