The Merrick is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 3,451 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: 3,451 Feet (1,052 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.28444, -116.89028
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Merrick MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Merrick
Secondary: Gold Crown Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Goldstone
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
Form: SEAMS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): DIORITE INTRUSION ON EAST EDGE OF SCHIST BELT
Comment (Deposit): 13 CLAIMS. TUCKER & SAMPSON (1943) INDICATE MINE IN SEC-35. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1936. 33 TONS OF ORE WERE MINED, VALUED AT $1370.00 FROM WORKINGS SOUTH OF TUNNEL. TOTAL AMOUNT OF ORE SHIPPED AMOUNTED TO $20,000.
Comment (Location): UTM EST. NW 1/4. REF. PLACES CLAIMS IN SEC. 20, BUT TOPO INDICATES 29
Comment (Deposit): STRINGERS AND VEINS IN BELT, 2 IN-12 IN THICK.
Comment (Workings): CROSSCUT TUNNEL DRIVEN SW FOR 124 FT. W/ 30 FT. OF BACKS, ALSO OPEN CUTS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS
References
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 48
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 39, P. 456
Reference (Production): WRIGHT, (1953)
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