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Old Cowboy 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048721
MRDS ID MP25738
Record type Site
Current site name Old Cowboy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.44481, 35.29055 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Est Withing .25 Mi

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Loraine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(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

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 030S 033E 28,29 California

Comments on the location information

  • WOUTH OF CALIENTE CREEK, ON A RIDGE BETWEEN INDIAN AND STUDHORSE CREEKS. ADJOINS GOLD PEAK CLAIM ON THE NORTH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SILVER CONSTITUTES ABOUT 95% OF VALUABLE METAL IN ORE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.44481, 35.29055
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 40-50S
    Thickness 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • K4: GANGUE: QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Amalie Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Basic Metals, Ltd., Los Angeles
  • Type Owner
    Owner Clarence G. Talleur, Carson City, Nevada
    First year 1949

Comments on the production information

  • DEVELOEPD AND OPERATED DURING EARLY PART OF TWENTIETH CENTURY. AT WHICH TIME 70 CARS AVERAGING $125/TON WERE SHPPED. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY SIX TUNNELS. THE LOWER TUNNEL, NO. 6, AT AN ELEVATION OF 3,120 FEET, WAS DRIVEN 206 FEET EAST. AN 80 FOOT RAISE ON THE VEIN COMES WITHIN 20 FEET OF CONNECTING WITH A WINZE FROM TUNNEL NO. 5, WHICH WAS DRIVEN 600 FEET EAST. TUNNEL NO. 4, AT AN ELEVATION OF 3,350 FEET, WAS DRIVEN 500 FEET EAST; NO. 3, AT AN ELEVATION OF 3,550 FEET, WAS DRIVEN 200 FEET EAST; AND NO. 1, AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 3,620 FEET, WAS DRIVEN EASTWARD ABOUT 50 FT. THREE ORE SHOOTS, AGGREGATING APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET IN LENGTH, WERE DEVELOPED IN THESE WORKINGS. THEY WERE STOPED FROM 18 INCHES TO 6 1/2 FEET IN WIDTH. THIS MATERIAL ALL CAME FROM THE HANGINGWALL SIDE OF THE VEIN, AND IN MANY INSTANCES SEVERAL FEET OF VEIN ADJACENT TO THE FOOTWALL SIDE REMAINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.E., SAMPSON, R.J. AND OAKESHOTT, G.B., 1949, MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 45, NO. 2, P. 230-231, PL. 17.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 505.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 12 FT IN THICKNESS. VEIN FILLING CONSISTS OF QUARTZ AND ALTERED WALLROCK. ORE SHOOT WAS 230 FT LONG.
Deposit 4 CLAIMS.

Reporter information

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

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