The Grandview is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 4,199 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: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.62056, -116.76250
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Grandview MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grandview
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 3000-5000 TONS OF ORE W/TENOR OF 0.44 OZ. AU REPORTED
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. SW 1/4 SE 1/4
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1934 HAD A VALUE OF $8.90/TON WHEN MILLED.
Comment (Deposit): PARALLEL VEINS, 8-15 FT. THICK GRANDVIEW VEIN EXPOSED ON SURFACE FOR 3000 FT. ALONG ITS OUTCROP. FOOTWALL OF VEIN IS GRANITIC PORPHYRY, HANGING WALL IS ANDESITE. THE VEIN IS BRECCIATED RHYOLITE PORPHYRY, HIGHLY-SILICIFIED, IRON-STAINED, HEMATITE.
Comment (Workings): PITS AND 150 FT. INCLINE W/75 FT. OF DRIFTS ON 100 FT. LEVEL.
Comment (Geology): BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF GRANDVIEW SHAFT ARE SOME INTRUSIVE DIKES. EAST OF THE SHAFT, THERE IS ALSO AN INTRUSIVE DIABASE DIKE THAT PROBABLY FAULTS THE VEIN NORTH OF THE SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): 4 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 113
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TABULATED LIST: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 40 PL.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 36, P. 237
Reference (Production): WRIGHT (1953)
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