The Lone Wolf Complex is a copper mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 2,569 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,569 Feet (783 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 35.72278, -117.47111
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Lone Wolf Complex MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lone Wolf Complex
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron
Tertiary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silica
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Argus
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Naval Weapons Center
Home Office: China Lake, Ca.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1938
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PINCH & SWELL, TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS SERIES OF WORKINGS EXPLORES A MINERALIZED QUARTZ-RICH SHEAR ZONE: IN HORNBLEND DIORITE HOST ROCK. PRESENT IN THE QUARTZ WAS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF AZURITE AND MALACHITE WITH MINOR LIMONITE AND PYRITE. GOLD AND SILVER MAY BE PRESENT. ADIT #1 INTERSECTS THE MAIN SHAFT VIA A RAISE AND STOPING AREA. THE STOPE AND RAISE PRODUCED APPROX. 108 CUBIC YARDS OF MATERIAL. WITH AN AVERAGE OF 60% DILUTION BY HOST ROCK, ACTUAL RE MATERIAL REMOVED IS APPROX. 43 CUBIC YARDS. ADIT #2 WAS DRIVEN 40' TO EXPLORE FOR CONTINUATION OF SHEAR ZONE. A 1 FOOT QUARTZ VEIN WAS INTERSECTED AT 371/2. IT'S STRIKE OF N 45 E INDICATES IT IS A SEPARATE VEIN OR A POSSIBLE OFF SHOOT. ADIT #3 WAS DRIVEN TO THE NORTH AND ACROSS A SMALL STREAM CHANNEL OR WASH. IT INTERSECTED A SHEAR ZONE WITH SIMILAR ATTITUDES TO THE MAIN COMPLEX. THE SHEAR ZONE RANGES FROM 6"TO 2.5 THICK. A 21' WINZE WAS DRIVEN TO EXPLORE DOWN DIP EXTENSION OF VEIN. VEIN MATERIAL WAS MAINLY QUARTZ WITH LIMONITE. ORE FROM THIS MINE COMPLEX WAS HAULED
Comment (Deposit): TO A NOW-ABANDONED MILL SITE 0.3 MILES TO THE SOUTH. ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Commodity): GOLD AND SILVER PRESENCE SPECULATIVE UNTIL ASSAY RESULTS RECEIVED
Comment (Workings): STOPED AREA BELOW GLORY HOLE CAVED-IT IS 54'LONG ON THE SURFACE, APPROX 9' WIDE AVERAGE. ONE OPENING FROM UNDERGROUND STOPE IS 2' HIGH BY3' WIDE AND FULL OF MUCK. TOTAL VOLUME REMOVED IS UNCERTAIN. CAVED SHAFT TO NORTH WAS PROBABLE ACCESS.
References
Reference (Deposit): W.F. DURBIN, G. HOBSON, C. RODGERS - MAPPING & SAMPLING DONE 4-15 AND 4-19-1983
Reference (Deposit): CLAIM NOTICE FOUND AT SITE
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