The Gold Divide is a gold and tungsten 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, Tungsten
Lat, Long: 35.24417, -116.82028
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Gold Divide MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Divide
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 5 PARALLEL VEINS, 1-2 FT. THICK, HANGING WALL LIMESTONE, FOOTWALL IS SCHIST.
Comment (Workings): SHAFTS 85, 107 AND 100 FT. DEEP. 165 FT. DRIFT ON 100 FT. LEVEL. 102 FT. CROSSCUT
Comment (Deposit): FORMERLY MINED ONLY FOR GOLD. 6 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF W ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1951. SEVERAL TONS OF ORE SHIPPED.
References
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. 117
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 39, P. 451
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1940, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES. AND GEOLOGY, V. 36, P. 65-66
Reference (Production): WRIGHT (1953)
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