The Big Medicine is a barium-barite mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 2,402 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: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 34.9156, -116.95250
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Big Medicine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Medicine
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Land ownership: Unknown
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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 (Location): NOTE: THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THIS DEPOSIT, AS GIVEN IN CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, P. 133 (TABULATED LIST) IS IN ERROR. SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, P. 66, LISTS THIS LOCATION IN SEC. 2 (?), T. 9 N., R. 1 W. THIS RECORD IS PLACED IN W/2 SEC. 33, T. 10 N., R. 1 W.
References
Reference (Deposit): P. 133.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 39, 1943, P. 509.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES REPORT, V. 27, 1931, P. 371.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-592,
Reference (Deposit): 1970, P. 5 (TEXT).
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 36, NO. 3, 1940, P. 249.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES 26TH REPT. OF STATE MIN., V. 26, NO. 3,
Reference (Deposit): 1930, P. 297.
Reference (Deposit): BUCHANAN, L. J., 1987, PRECIOUS METAL DEPOSITS IN
Reference (Deposit): DETACHMENT TERRAINS, SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN
Reference (Deposit): ARIZONA IN JOHNSON, J. L., ED. BULK MINEABLE PRECIOUS
Reference (Deposit): METAL DEPOSITS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES - GUIDEBOOK
Reference (Deposit): FOR FIELD TRIPS: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEVADA 1987
Reference (Deposit): SYMPOSIUM, P. 7-8.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, TABULATED LIST,
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. III-
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: P. 66.
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