The Vanderbilt is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 4,482 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: 4,482 Feet (1,366 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.32667, -115.24417
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Vanderbilt MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vanderbilt
Secondary: Boomerang
Secondary: Brick Cons.
Secondary: Gold Bar
Secondary: Webster.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized For 150 Ft. Below Surface. Lower Levels Contain Unoxidized Sulfides
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE SHOOTS AVG 0.67 OZ. AU/TON
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS AVG. 9 FT. THICK. THE MORE NORTHERLY SYSTEM, THE GOLD BAR-GOLD BRONZE, IS AT LEAST 2400 FT. LONG. ITS TRACE IS FROM E TO WNW., DIP 60-70 DEG. N. IT INCLUDES GOLD BAR VEINS ON VANDERBILT PROPERTY AND GOLD BRONZE VEINS TO THE EAST. GOLD BAR VEINS, TWO IN NUMBER, AVG. 8 FT. THICK, AND LIE ON EACH SIDE OF A RHYOLITE DIKE, ABOUT 20 FT. THICK. BOOMERANG SYSTEM APPROX. 1500 FT SW. IT IS 1500 FT. IN LENGTH, TRENDS N70W, AND DIPS 60-70 DEG. NE. THERE ARE 2 VEINS ABOUT 100 FT. APART AND AVG. 8 FT. THICK.
Comment (Location): UTM EST. NE 1/4 3
Comment (Geology): VEINS FOLLOW FRACTURES IN AN ARCHEAN COMPLEX CONSISTING OF HOST ROCKS AND PEGMATITIC DIKES
Comment (Deposit): 18 PATENTED CLAIMS. OPENED IN THE 1870'S. MOST ACTIVE IN LATE 1800'S, 1920'S AND 1930'S. IDLE SINCE 1937 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION YEARS WERE INTERMITTANT BETWEEN 1914 AND 1942. A TYPICAL 16-CAR SHIPMENT FROM THE GOLD BAR WORKINGS SAID TO HAVE AVG. 0.72 OZ, AU, 3.50 OZ AG, 0.50% CU AND 0.80% PB. TOTAL OUTPUT VALUED AT SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND. SEE TUCKER & SAMPSON (1931) FOR OTHER COMMODITY GRADES AT VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT LEVELS
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, 300 FT. AND 440 FT. DEEP, ABOUT 4000 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS AND TUNNELS. EQUIPPED WITH A 15 TON CYANIDE PLANT IN 1938.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 676-677
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. 82-83.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY V.39, NO.4, P.464
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 27, P. 317-318
Reference (Production): GOODWIN (1957) TUCKER & SAMPSON (1943)
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