Pacific Coast Mill & Mining Company.

The Pacific Coast Mill & Mining Company. is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 2,251 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

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Site Name

Primary: Pacific Coast Mill & Mining Company.
Secondary: Barstow Metals Extraction Co.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: California
County: San Bernardino

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

Year: 1951
Material type: CON
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Flotation Milling Avg. 10% Cu, 2.6-2.8 Oz. Au/Ton And 20 Oz. Ag/Ton
Year: 1910
Time Period: 1904-1910
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Free Milling Of 75,000 Tons Of Tailings Assay 0.7% Cu, 0.14 Oz. Au/Ton And 1-1.5 Oz. Ag/Ton

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: 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

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Copper

Comments

Comment (Production): NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND

Comment (Location): UTM EST. CENTER OF SEC.

Comment (Workings): FLOTATION PLANT INSTALLED IN 1951. PREVIOUS TO THAT, ORE WAS RECOVERED BY FREE-MILLING AND CYANIDATION.

Comment (Deposit): BAGDAD-CHASE MINING CO. OPERATED A MILL ON THIS SITE FROM 1904-1910. THERE IS NO DEPOSIT LOCATED HERE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

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. 78

Reference (Production): WRIGHT (1953)

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