The Old Pete is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 2,080 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: 2,080 Feet (634 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.68111, -116.15083
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Old Pete MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Old Pete
Secondary: Yim-Wheelock
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Stedman
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1940
Time Period: 1932-1940
Material type: AU ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Avg. 0.81 Oz. Au/Ton
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1932
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: Partially Oxidized
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC SW 1/4 NE 1/4 SW 1/4 28, NE 1/4 SE 1/4 33
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1940.
Comment (Deposit): BRECCIA ZONE, 30-50 FT. THICK AND 600 FT. LONG.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT 50 FT. LONG, 30 FT. WIDE AND 40 FT. DEEP. 100 FT. ADIT DRIVEN WEST. 60 FT. ADIT SOUTH
Comment (Deposit): 3 CLAIMS TOTALING 60 ACRES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 117
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 656-657
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF. TABULATED LIST: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 50-51
Reference (Production): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964) GOODWIN (1957) WRIGHT (1953)
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