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Lehigh Valley Group

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 10048703
MRDS ID MP25715
Record type Site
Current site name Lehigh Valley Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.7034, 35.55832 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ridgecrest South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027S 040E 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • REPORTED SECTION QUESTIONABLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result VALUES RANGED FROM $15-$25/TON

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.7034, 35.55832
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL LENTICULAR MASSES
    Strike N70E
    Dip 60NW
    Thickness 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • K4: GANGUE: QUARTZ, PYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rademacher District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner P. R. Light And C. F. Walker, Inyokern, California

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 13.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 30-FT SHAFT WITH 25-FT DRIFT ON 20-FT LEVEL. OTHER VEIN ALONG DIKE HAS 45-SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 315

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN WITH WELL-DEFINED WALLS, 6 FT APART, ABOUT 6 INCHES OF QUARTZ ON HANGING WALL SIDE, 12-18 INCHES ON FOOT, BRECCIATED GRANITIC ROCK INBETWEEN. 50 FT NORTH IS A PARALLEL VEIN WHICH ACCOMPANIES A FELSIC DIKE. VIEN IS FEW INCHES TO 2 FT IN THICKNESS.
Deposit 2 CLAIMS.

Reporter information

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

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