USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · San Bernardino County
Blue Diamond Mine
Unconfirmed Tungsten Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- San Bernardino
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Tungsten
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A W-Au-Ag occurrence/mine located in sec. 10, T2N, R7W, SBM, 1.9 km (1.2 miles) N of Telegraph Peak (coordinates of record), along the West canyon wall of Coldwater Canyon, on federal wilderness land (Cucamonga Wilderness) (located claim). MRDS databas…
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- 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
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 88150
Supports:
- locality identity
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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