The Big Horn is a lead and gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 3,750 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,750 Feet (1,143 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Gold
Lat, Long: 34.85778, -115.53167
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Big Horn MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Horn
Secondary: Mabel-Contention
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): SHIPMENT OF LEAD ORE AND OF GOLD ORE IN 1940 - 1941 , LEAD ORE CONTAINED 15.7 % PB, SOME COPPER AND SILVER.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN 1 - 4 FT. THICK IN AN ANDESITE DIKE IN QUARTZ-MONZONITE.
Comment (Workings): CONTENTION CLAIM; 3 COMPARTMENT VERTICAL SHAFT - 325 FT. DEEP, LEVELS AT 160 AND 300 FT. ON 160 FT LEVEL, DRIFT SOUTH FOR 440 FT. TO SUBWAY VEIN WHICH STRIKES N 20 E, DIPS 65 W, 8 - 12 INCHES THICK. 300 FT. LEVEL, DRIFT SOUTH 110 FT, CROSSCUT DRIVEN NE FROM SHAFT 110 FT, WITH ADDITIONAL 100 FT. MABLE CLAIM; 140 FT. SHAFT, 80 FT OF DRIFTS AT BOTTOM. AT 40 FT. SULFIDE ORE ENCOUNTERED.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: FORMATION IS PRINCIPALLY QUARTZ MONZONITE, DIORITE, QUARTZITE AND ANDESITE. SERIES OF PARALLEL INTRUSIVE ANDESITE DIKES CUT QUARTZ MONZONITE, DIKES HAVE NORTHWARD TREND.
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. 615
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943 , MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 39 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 441 - 442 .
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 615 (SEE REF.)
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