The Un-Named Shaft is a copper, silver, and gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 2,300 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: 2,300 Feet (701 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 35.69556, -117.57361
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Un-Named Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Un-Named Shaft
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Iron
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: TABULAR, PINCH & SWELL
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): GOLD AND SILVER PRESENCE SPECULATIVE UNTIL RESULT RECIEVED
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF ONE VERTICAL SHAFT, 7' WIDE, 7' LONG, AND 151/2' DEEP
Comment (Deposit): SHAFT DRIVEN TO EXPLORE AN E-W STRIKING VERTICAL SHEAR ZONE WITH ASSOCIATED QUARTZ AND COPPER - IRON MINERALIZATION. PROTECT ABANDONED AT151/2', FROM APPEARANCE OF SMALL ORE PILE, MINER HAD GOOD REASON TO STOP ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS A SHEAR ZONE COMPOSED OF SEVERELY ALTERED BIOTITE QUARTZ WITH STRINGERS AND A 2' THICK WHITE MINERALIZED QUARTZ VEIN THAT NARROWS TO 6" TO WEST
References
Reference (Deposit): W.F. DURBIN, C. RODGERS, B. RICHARDSON - MAPPED & SAMPLED 3-29-83
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