Vanderbilt Gold Mine

The Vanderbilt Gold Mine is a gold mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 4,068 feet.

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: Vanderbilt Gold Mine  

State:  California

County:  San Bernardino

Elevation: 4,068 Feet (1,240 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 35.3292, -115.26190

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Vanderbilt Gold Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Vanderbilt Gold Mine
Secondary: Boomerang
Secondary: Gold Bar
Secondary: Webster
Secondary: Vanderbilt Mines
Secondary: Brick Consolidated


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver


Location

State: California
County: San Bernardino


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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

Type: Patented


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: 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

Not available


Comments

Not available


References

Reference (Deposit): PLATES 6 AND 7.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1990, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EAST

Reference (Deposit): MOJAVE NATIONAL SCENIC AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, P. 82-83.

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-7, 1985,

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA: NO. 258, P. 115.


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