Vontrigger

The Vontrigger is a gold and copper mine located in San Bernardino county, California.

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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

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Site Name

Primary: Vontrigger
Secondary: Von Trigger
Secondary: California Gold and Copper Co.
Secondary: Dutch Oven
Secondary: Runover
Secondary: Consolidated
Secondary: Vontrigor.

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: California
County: San Bernardino

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1907
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^8.87 % Cu
Year: 1945
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Less Than 3 % Cu
Year: 1929
Time Period: 1926 - 1929
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^5.03 % Cu

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: 4 - 7 % CU, $1 - 2 AU/TON

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite

Comments

Comment (Workings): 3 INCLINED SHAFTS RANGING IN VERTICAL DEPTHS OF 30 TO 300 FT. MEDBURRY SHAFT; 55 DEG. INCLINE TO DEPTH OF 280 FT., LEVEL WORKINGS AT VERTICAL DEPTHS OF 65 , 110 AND 200 FT., MOST ORE STOPED ABOVE 100 FT. LEVEL. GOODWIN SHAFT; DEPTH OF 300 FT., LEVELS AT 72 , 100 AND 30 FT. NE OF GOODWIN SHAFT, TWO OTHER SHAFTS WERE SUNK ON SAME OREBODY, THE TWITCHEL, DEPTH OF 96 FT. AND SCARONI, DEPTH OF 30 FT. SOME SHALLOW PITS AND OPEN CUTS.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BRECCIATED ZONE TREND NE APPARENTLY PARALLEL WITH PLANAR STRUCTURE OF THE SCHIST AND GNEISS.

Comment (Commodity): MALACHITE FOUND AT DEPTHS OF 100 - 140 FT., BELOW THIS PRINCIPALLY CHALCOPYRITE.

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURS DISCONTINUOUSLY ALONG SLIGHTLY BRECCIATED ZONES. GOODWIN VEIN STRIKES N 45 E, DIPS 85 NW, THICKNESS 6 - 20 FT, MEDBERRY VEIN IS 485 FT. NW OF GOODWIN, IT STRIKES N 25 E, DIPS 55 NW, THICKNESS 8 - 20 FT.

References

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943 , MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 438

Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A., ETAL, 1953 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49 , NO. 1 & 2 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 68 - 69

Reference (Production): WRIGHT, L. A., 1953 , P. 68 - 69

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