USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · San Bernardino County
Alvord Mine
Unconfirmed Gold Mixed Underground / Surface 4 mapped shafts 2 mapped adits
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- San Bernardino
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Gold
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Alvord
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former lode Au-Cu-Pb occurrence/mine located in the S½SW¼ sec. 1, S½SE¼ of sec. 2 & in the N½NW¼ sec. 12, T11N, R3E, SBM, 3.2 km (2.0 miles) SSW of Alvord Peak (coordinates of record), on private (patented) land. The property is comprised of 6 Au cla…
Additional documented workings
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Adit
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features -
Shaft
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 4 shaft symbols
- 2 adit symbols
- Adit : Alvord Mountain West , 1986
- Adit : Alvord Mountain , 1948
- Shaft : Alvord Mountain West , 1986
- Shaft : Alvord Mountain West , 1986
View individual source records (6)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Adit
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Adit). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Agate
- Calcite
- Chalcedony
- Chrysocolla
- Conichalcite
- Galena
- Hematite
- Hemimorphite
View all 17 reported minerals
- Agate
- Calcite
- Chalcedony
- Chrysocolla
- Conichalcite
- Galena
- Hematite
- Hemimorphite
- Jasper
- Limonite
- Mimetite
- Mottramite
- Native Gold
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Vanadinite
- Wulfenite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (4)
- mapped adit symbols (2)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 87962
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (17)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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