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Josephine 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048693
MRDS ID MP25703
Record type Site
Current site name Josephine Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Josephine N O. 1 and Josephine No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.4337, 35.52942 (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;028S 033E 34,3 California

Comments on the location information

  • MINE MARKED ON TOPO MAP WEST OF BODFISH CANYON

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) -118.4337, 35.52942
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip G40E
    Thickness 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clear Lake Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tom Smith, Bodfish, California
    First year 1949

Comments on the production information

  • MINE REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED SOME HIGH-GRADE ORE. NO SPECIFIC RECORDS FOUND.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 25 FT TUNNEL ON JOSEPHINE NO. 2; CROSSCUT WITH 70 FT DRIFT AND STOPE TO SURFACE ON JOSEPHINE NO. 1. 2 SHAFTS ON NO. 3 CLAIM.

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. 226, PL. 17. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 36, P. 328.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 36, P. 328.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 6-18 INCHES IN THICKNESS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 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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Authoritative California resources

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