The Elsie is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California.
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Mine Info
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Elsie MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elsie
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Arsenic
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Ord Mt.
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TENOR OF 1.22 OZ. AU REPORTED
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. E 1/2 SE 1/4 NW 1/4
Comment (Production): A SMALL AMOUNT OF AU ORE PRODUCTION IS RECORDED FOR 1935, BUT MINE WAS ALSO ACTIVE IN EARLY 1900'S AND 1940.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 1-2 FT. THICK ALONG ANDESITE DIKE
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, 250 FT. AND 150 FT. DEEP, ABOUT 500 FT. APART.
Comment (Deposit): 1 PATENTED CLAIM. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 115
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA TABULATED LIST: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2 P. 33
Reference (Production): WRIGHT (1953)
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