Shining Dawn Mine

The Shining Dawn Mine is a silver mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 2,799 feet.

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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: Shining Dawn Mine

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: California
County: San Bernardino

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Owner Name: America Progress Mining Co., Inc.
Home Office: P. O. Box 1, Paradise Valley, Ca
Info Year: 1981

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Leach
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1978
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): NOTE: LATITUDE-LONGITUDE COORDINATE GIVEN BY THE CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. (1981, P. 29.) IS IN ERROR. EXAMINATION RECORDS PROVIDED BY THE BUR. LAND MGMT. SHOW THIS MINE IN THE LOCATION GIVEN ON THIS RECORD.

References

Reference (Deposit): CONVERSE WARD DAVIS DIXON, INC., GEOTECHNICAL CONSULTANTS,

Reference (Deposit): 1980, MINERAL RESOURCE INVESTIGATION, SHINING DAWN MINE,

Reference (Deposit): LANE MTN. QUADRANGLE, (UNPUBLISHED REPORT), 15 P.

Reference (Deposit): FIFE, D.L., 1980, EPITHERMAL LATE TERTIARY GOLD MINERALI-

Reference (Deposit): ZATION AT THE SHINING DAWN MINE, LANE MOUNTAIN QUAD-

Reference (Deposit): RANGLE, CALIFORNIA, IN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL WEALTH OF THE

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 58, 1981,

Reference (Deposit): P. 29.

Reference (Deposit): ALDERMAN, S. S., JR. MINERAL INTEREST EVALUATION COST

Reference (Deposit): ESTIMATE, PROPOSED EXPANSION OF FORT IRWIN, CALIFORNIA.

Reference (Deposit): REPORT PREPARED FOR DEPT. OF ARMY, LOS ANGELES DISTRICT,

Reference (Deposit): CORPS OF ENGINEERS, CONTRACT DACA09-88-C-0081, DEC. 21,

Reference (Deposit): 1988.

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA DESERT, DIBBLEE VOLUME: SOUTH COAST

Reference (Deposit): GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 330-335.

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