The Lead Mountain is a barium-barite mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 2,402 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: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 34.91972, -116.93472
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Lead Mountain MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lead Mountain
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Grapevine
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PB 15 - 30 %, AU $.40 - 2.00 , AG 6 - 30 OZ.
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Cerargyrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :UNDETERMINED
Comment (Workings): SERIES OF OPEN CUTS AND TUNNELS FOR DISTANCE OF 500 FT. PRESENT WORKINGS CONFINED TO TUNNEL DRIVEN NORTH FOR 75 FT. CROSSCUTTING ORE FISSURE. DRIFTS AND STOPING ABOVE THIS LEVEL. NEAR PORTAL OF CROSSCUT TUNNEL, SHAFT HAS BEEN SUNK ON AN INCLINE OF 33 DEG. FOR 210 FT. STOPE 25 FT. WIDE BY 50 FT. LONG, 30 FT. HIGH. AT FLOOR OF STOPE, THERE IS A VERTICAL WINZE 245 FT CONNECTS SHAFT TO TUNNEL 1300 FT. IN LENGTH DRIVEN FROM NORTH.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: COUNTY ROCK IS TUFF, LIMESTONE AND ANDESITIC PORPHYRY
Comment (Deposit): VEIN MATERIAL IS A COARSELY CRYSTALLIZED BARITE, WITH QUARTZ CONTAINING BROWN IRON OXIDES, LEAD CARBONATE, OCHRE, MANGANESE OXIDE AND SILVER CHLORIDES.
Comment (Deposit): WORKED FOR BARITE 1931 - 1933 , NO LEAD - SILVER PRODUCTION. COMPRISED OF 640 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 646 - 647
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., 1924 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION; 20TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 199 - 200
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