The Rio Hondo is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 4,400 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.23694, -116.82389
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Rio Hondo MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rio Hondo
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Goldstone
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/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: ASSAYS RANGE FROM $7-$15/TON IN GOLD
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1943) PLACE MINE IN T14N, R2E, SEC. 33. LOCATION TAKEN FROM WRIGHT (1953)
Comment (Commodity): GOLD IS PARTLY FREE AND PARTLY IN AURIFEROUS PYRITE
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL SMALL DISCONTINOUS VEINS CUTTING COMPLEXLY FOLDED METASEDIMENTARY UNITS MAIN VEIN IS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG AND 2-5 FT. THICK.
Comment (Deposit): 6 CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Workings): 2 SHAFTS, 72 FT. AND 90 FT. DEEP, AND 50 FT. APART. OPEN CUT, 2 SHORT ADITS. REMNANTS OF AMALGAMATION MILL.
Comment (Geology): GRANITIC ROCK INTRUDES METASEDIMENTS AT DEPTH.
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. 79.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 4, P. 459
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