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Hanover Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048685
MRDS ID MP25693
Record type Site
Current site name Hanover Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.32674, 35.40193 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Est Within 1,000 Ft

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Claraville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sequoia National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029S 034E 21,22 California

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS GWYNNE MINE ON NORTH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.32674, 35.40193
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 40SE
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Green Mountain Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Piute Mines, Ltd. (J. W. Steele, Agent) Los Angeles, California
    First year 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS, UPPER DRIVEN 150 FT ON VEIN AND STOPED 100 FT TOWARD SURFACE. 140 FT BELOW UPPER TUNNEL, LOWER TUNNEL DRIVEN AS CROSSCUT 300 FT SOUTH TO VEIN WITH DRIFTS 600 FT NE AND 100 FT SW. MILLSITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., SAMPSON, R. J. AND OAKESHOTT, G. B., 1949, MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 45, NO. 2, P. 224, PL. 17

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 309.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 CLAIMS AND 2 FRACTIONS
Deposit VEIN, 1-2 FT IN THICKNESS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-81 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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