The Oro Belle is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 4,701 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
Elevation: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.2875, -115.09000
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Oro Belle MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oro Belle
Secondary: Castle Mountain Project - Oro Belle Is One of the Six Deposits of The
Secondary: Castle Mountain Project. Refer To Mrds Record # W700451 For Further
Secondary: Information.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
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
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. SW 1/4 SW 1/4 18, NW 1/4 NW 1/4 19
Comment (Production): ORE SHIPPED (3000-4000 TONS, AVG. $12/TON IN GOLD) ONLY IN EARLY 1940'S. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND
Comment (Deposit): ZONES ALONG FRACTURES
Comment (Workings): VEIN CUT BY 400 FT. NW-TRENDING CROSSCUT, NE-TRENDING DRIFT AND 45 FT. DRIFT TO SW. STOPED FOR 300 FT. TO NE. VERTICAL SHAFT, 700 FT. DEEP
Comment (Deposit): MOST DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE ABOUT 1915-20. MILLED AT NEARBY VALLEY VIEW MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Production): WRIGHT (1953)
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. 51-52
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