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Iconoclast Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Silver, 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048690
MRDS ID MP25698
Record type Site
Current site name Iconoclast Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.38231, 35.5472 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Isabella South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kern-Upper Tehachapi-Grapevine(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(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 027S 033E 25 California

Comments on the location information

  • ON ERSKINE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE ON DUMP SAID TO RUN $30/TON (1914)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.38231, 35.5472
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Coulston Estate, Pasadena, Calif.

Comments on the production information

  • IN ADDITION TO ORE MILLED ON PROPERTY, SEVERAL SHIPMENTS WERE MADE TO HOOPER'S MILL AT HOBO HOT SPRINGS.

Comments on the workings information

  • IT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY TWO TUNNELS, THE UPPER BEING 250 FT. IN LENGTH, THE LOWER TUNNEL 60 FT. BELOW, HAS BEEN DRIVEN 525 FT. AT ABOUT 250 FT FROM THE PORTAL OF LOWER TUNNEL, A WINZE HAS BEEN SUNK TO APPROXIMATELY 50 FT. IN DEPTH. AN ORE SHOOT ABOVE THIS WINZE WAS STOPED BETWEEN TUNNELS FOR A LENGTH OF 50 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 36, P. 327.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 497.

  • Production

    CJMG VOL 36, P 327

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 40 ACRES. PATENTED.
Deposit VEIN, 6 INCHES TO 4 FT THICK. SCHIST HANGING WALL, GRANITE FOOTWALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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