The Garfield is a lead and silver mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 34.36083, -116.82611
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Garfield MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Garfield
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
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
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Wulfenite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR BUNCHES ALONG FRACTURES IN BRECCIATED LIMESTONE. UPPER TUNNEL FRACTURE ZONE WAS 8 - 10 FT. THICK MINERALIZED WITH OCCASIONAL LENSES OF ORE MINERALS.
Comment (Workings): 2 CROSSCUT ADITS; UPPER ADIT DRIVEN N 30 E FOR 165 FT., DRIFTS 35 FT. NW AND 73 FT. SE. LOWER ADIT IS 400 FT. BELOW UPPER ADIT, DRIVEN N 30 E FOR 1,100 FT, 700 FT. FROM PORTAL IS DRIFT SE FOR 550 FT.
Comment (Production): SMALL SHIPMENTS OF ORE MADE IN 1932 REPORTED TO CARRY $80 PER TON IN LEAD AND SILVER.
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 632
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. 480
Reference (Production): TUCKER, W. B., 1943 , P. 480 (SEE REF.)
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