The Alvord is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 2,500 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: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.06833, -116.62611
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Alvord MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alvord
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Copper
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
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): ACTIVE 1885-91, 1906-10, 1916-20 AND 1950-52. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND
Comment (Deposit): SILICEOUS VEIN AND LIMONITIC OUTCROPS. SOME OF THE HEMATITE AND JASPER ROCKS ARE RICH IN GOLD. GOLD ALSO OCCURS IN CALCITE, THOUGH USUALLY LOWER-GRADE THAN WHERE ACCOMPANIED WITH IRON. IRON SULFIDES ALSO FOUND CARRYING GOLD.
Comment (Workings): GLORY HOLE 150 FT. IN DIAMETER AND 2 ADITS 500 FT. AND 550 FT. LONG, CROSSCUT. MILL STOPED FROM ADIT LEVEL TO 40 FT. FROM SURFACE OUTCROP.
Comment (Deposit): 6 PATENTED GOLD CLAIMS, 24 IN ALL. OPERATED FROM 1906-1910 BY ALVORD MINING CO., FROM 1916-1920 BY TINTIC BONANZA MINING CO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE INTRUDED BY GRANITE IS CUT BY PORPHYRY DIKES AT RIGHT ANGLES TO BEDDING AND OVERLAIN BY BASALTS AND TUFF AT EAST END OF THIS BELT. IT STRIKES EASTWARD, DIPS 75 DEG. S.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. S 1/2 SW 1/4 1, S 1/2 SE 1/4 2, AND N 1/2 NW 1/4 12.
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 125
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 609
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 70 PL.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 4, P. 438-439
Reference (Production): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964)
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