Red Mountain, California

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Red Mountain, California
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Red Mountain, California
Coordinates: 35°21′30″N117°37′00″W / 35.35833°N 117.61667°W / 35.35833; -117.61667
Country United States
State California
County San Bernardino
Elevation
[1]
3,401 ft (1,037 m)
Population
 (2010 [1] )
  Total131 [1]
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
93558
Area codes 442/760
GNIS feature ID1661291 [2]

Red Mountain, formerly known as Osdick, is an unincorporated community in San Bernardino County, California, United States.

Red Mountain was established in 1919 as Osdick, a silver mine boom town [3] Red Mountain is 32 miles (51 km) south-southwest of Trona, part of the mining district of Randsburg, California and Johannesburg, California.

Red Mountain has a post office with ZIP code 93558. [4] The post office opened under the name Osdick in 1922 and changed its name to Red Mountain in 1929. [5]

In 2022, the community received a $1.5 million grant to clean sediment of arsenic from historic gold and silver mining from the kelly mine complex. [6]

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  2. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. "29_North_Desert_CAG_2020.pdf" (PDF). San Bernardino County.
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  5. Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 1460. ISBN   1-884995-14-4.
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