The Green Lead is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 7,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.31861, -116.97917
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Green Lead MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Green Lead
Secondary: Garvey ?
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1876
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Los Angeles Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE OF FURANCE FM.
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED 15.28 ACRES ONE CLAIM AND MILLSITE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): 400 FT. SHAFT WITH LEVEL WORKINGS AT 50 FT., 100 FT., 200 FT., 300 FT. AND 400 FT. GARVEY ADIT 300 FT. LONG IN 1919. OLD GARVEY ADIT CLEANED AND REOPENED TO A LENGTH OF 370 FT. IN 1953. DRIFTED S44E FOR 370 FT., THEN S45W FOR 40 FT.
Comment (Commodity): REPORTED TO CONTAIN FREE-MILLING GOLD WITH SOME SULFIDE ORE. SOUTH WALL OF GARVEY ADIT REPORTED BY OWNER (1953) TO CONTAIN STREAKS OF GREEN MINERAL ANALYZED AS SILVER BROMIDE.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 2-4 FT. THICK
References
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A., AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, TABULATED LIST: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 41
Reference (Deposit): RICHMOND, J.F. AND GRAY, C.H., JR., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE SAN BERNARDINO MTS., NORTH OF BIG BEAR LAKE, CALIF: CALIF. DIV. OF MINES SPECIAL REPORT 65, P. 61
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