The Green Gold is a gold and silver mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 5,499 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: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 35.53694, -115.62333
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Green Gold MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Green Gold
Secondary: Bank Roll
Secondary: Kieper Lead-Silver
Secondary: Valentine.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Clark Mt.
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: DISCONTINUOUS LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults, Fractures And Cross Fractures
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG. VALUE OF ORE REPORTED TO BE 20 OZ. AG AND 25% PB
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU-AG-CU ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1939. PB-ZN PRODUCTION UNKNOWN.
Comment (Deposit): NARROW VEINS. ORE BODIES OCCUR ALONG FRACTURES STRIKING N60W, DIPPING 70 NE. ALSO IN CROSS FRACTURES TRENDING N30E. ABOUT 1500 FT. NE OF GLORY HOLE, AN ORE BODY 6 IN - 5 1/2 FT. THICK OCCURS. SOME LENSES ARE TERMINATED BY FAULTS.
Comment (Workings): 285 FT. ADIT AND A WINZE 150 FT. FROM PORTAL FOLLOWS N60W - FRACTURE. 2 DRIFTS, ONE 30 FT. LONG NEAR WINZE, ANOTHER 150 FT. LONG FROM ADIT FACE, FOLLOW CROSS FRACTURES.30 FT. ADIT AND 40 FT. SHAFT DRIVEN INTO 6 IN - 5.5 FT. THICK ORE BODY. IN SOUTHERN PART OF MINE AREA, ABOUT 400 FT. OF PROSPECT ADITS DRIVEN EASTWARD INTO LIMESTONE. SHALLOW OPENINGS ALONG A ZONE 350 YARDS LONG MARK THE REMOVAL OF HIGH - GRADE ORE POCKETS. MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF WORKINGS IN TUCKER & SAMPSON (1943)
Comment (Deposit): COMPRISES 6 CLAIMS INCL. GLORY HOLE, EERIE, EAGLE'S NEST, YELLOW CROCUS, DIAMOND BACK AND LITTLE GREMLIN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931, GOLD - SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V.27, P.341
Reference (Production): GOODWIN (1957)
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 638
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. 484
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