The Gold Point, Gold Button is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 4,301 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,301 Feet (1,311 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 34.36806, -116.94028
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Gold Point, Gold Button MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Point, Gold Button
Secondary: Murray Henshaw
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Black Hawk
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): UTM EST. S 1/2 SW 1/4
Comment (Production): SMELTER RECOVERY OF ORE PRODUCED IN 1911 WAS 15.62% PB, 51.40 OZ/TON AG AND MINOR COPPER AND GOLD.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 4-6 FT. THICK LARGER SHEAR ZONE, 2-6 FT. THICK NARROW CLAY GOUGE REPORTED TO CARRY GOLD VALUES WITH SOME LEAD, SILVER & COPPER. WALLS ALSO SHOW FRACTURES.
Comment (Workings): LOWER ADIT, 100 FT. LONG, TRENDS SOUTH. UPPER ADIT, 75 FT. ABOVE, AND 200 FT. S. OF LOWER ADIT, DRIVEN N10E. ADIT CAVED AT 100 FT.
Comment (Deposit): 12 CLAIMS KNOWN AS THE GOLDEN CHARIOT GROUP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): BRECCIATED DOLOMITE ALSO DESCRIBED AS GRANITE CATACLASITE. ROCK ON DUMP MATERIAL INCLUDED BIOTITE QUARTZ DIORITE, GNEISS AND QUARTZITE WITH MINOR MANGANESE, IRON AND COPPER STAINS. FIRST 50 FT OF LOWER ADIT IN QUATERNARY BRECCIA-CONGLOMERATE WITH MANY BOULDERS OF GRANITIC ROCK. BRECCIA CONGLOMERATE IS IN FAULT CONTACT WITH CATACLASTITE, CONTACT VERTICAL. FIRST 30 FT. IN BRECCIA-CONGLOMERATE; AT 40 FT. SHEAR ZONE STRIKES N60E, DIPS 40S; AT 50 FT., SHEAR STRIKES E AND IS VERTICAL; AT 75 FT., SHEAR ST. E AND IS VERTICAL
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 653
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIF., CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 39, NO. 4, P. 453
Reference (Deposit): RICHMOND, JF. 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
Reference (Production): GOODWIN (1957)
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