The Carbonate Mine is a lead and silver mine located in San Bernardino county, California.
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Carbonate Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Carbonate Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Oro Grande
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: FORMATION WHICH INCLOSES VEIN TRENDS NE, DIP AT MAIN WORKING DOES NOT EXCEED 20 DEG.. THE TWO VEINS ARE FORMED AT CONTACT BETWEEN MASSIVE BLUE LIMESTONE AND MICA - SCHIST. SCHIST IS 1 - 4 FT. THICK. AT VARIOUS POINTS ALONG WORKINGS IS A LIGHT - COLORED DECOMPOSED ROCK RESEMBLING A FELSITE.
Comment (Commodity): CERUSSITE IN IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDE GANGUE.
Comment (Production): RECORDED PRODUCTION 1891 - 1940 INTERMITTENT - SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF COPPER AND GOLD RECOVERED IN ADDITION TO LEAD AND SILVER.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS OCCUR IN SHEAR ZONE 1/2 MILE LONG
Comment (Workings): 225 FT. SHAFT, SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 622
Reference (Deposit): STORMS, W. H., 1893 , SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; 11TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 361 - 363
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 622 (SEE REF.)
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