The Bimetallic is a mercury mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 2,559 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: 2,559 Feet (780 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 34.65, -115.20722
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Bimetallic MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bimetallic
Secondary: Desert Mercury Group
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: S. M. Mingus
Years: 1930 -
Production
Year: 1960
Time Period: To 1960
Material type: HG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^6 Lb/Ton
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Breccia Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION TO CENTER OF SECTION
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PARALLEL DIKES
References
Reference (Production): USBM DATA
Reference (Deposit): BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1931, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: CJMG VOL. 27, NO. 3.
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