Frank Hill Mine

The Frank Hill Mine is a gold mine located in Riverside county, California.

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

Name: Frank Hill Mine  

State:  California

County:  Riverside

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 33.95083, -115.74278

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Frank Hill Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Frank Hill Mine


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: California
County: Riverside
District: Dale


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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

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Comments

Comment (Location): JOSHUA TREE WILDERNESS. EAST SLOPE OF PINTO MOUNTAINS. USED CENTER OF SECTION 32 FOR LAT-LONG. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN.

Comment (Workings): 225 FT INCLINED SHAFT, DRIFTS AT 50 FT, 100 FT, 200 FT LEVELS.


References

Reference (Deposit): SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 130

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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