Alvord

The Alvord is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 2,500 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Alvord

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Iron
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: California
County: San Bernardino

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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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

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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 (Production): ACTIVE 1885-91, 1906-10, 1916-20 AND 1950-52. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND

Comment (Deposit): SILICEOUS VEIN AND LIMONITIC OUTCROPS. SOME OF THE HEMATITE AND JASPER ROCKS ARE RICH IN GOLD. GOLD ALSO OCCURS IN CALCITE, THOUGH USUALLY LOWER-GRADE THAN WHERE ACCOMPANIED WITH IRON. IRON SULFIDES ALSO FOUND CARRYING GOLD.

Comment (Workings): GLORY HOLE 150 FT. IN DIAMETER AND 2 ADITS 500 FT. AND 550 FT. LONG, CROSSCUT. MILL STOPED FROM ADIT LEVEL TO 40 FT. FROM SURFACE OUTCROP.

Comment (Deposit): 6 PATENTED GOLD CLAIMS, 24 IN ALL. OPERATED FROM 1906-1910 BY ALVORD MINING CO., FROM 1916-1920 BY TINTIC BONANZA MINING CO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE INTRUDED BY GRANITE IS CUT BY PORPHYRY DIKES AT RIGHT ANGLES TO BEDDING AND OVERLAIN BY BASALTS AND TUFF AT EAST END OF THIS BELT. IT STRIKES EASTWARD, DIPS 75 DEG. S.

Comment (Location): UTM ACC. S 1/2 SW 1/4 1, S 1/2 SE 1/4 2, AND N 1/2 NW 1/4 12.

References

Reference (Deposit): SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY, 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, V. 3, P. 125

Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 609

Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 70 PL.

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. 438-439

Reference (Production): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. (1964)

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