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Pearl Wedge 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. 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048725
MRDS ID MP25742
Record type Site
Current site name Pearl Wedge Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.65283, 35.33888 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position Est Within 25 Mi

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johannesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029S 040E 11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.65283, 35.33888
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 40NW
    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 Stringer Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Grace Jewitt, Los Angeles, California

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 25, P. 44

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 CLAIM
Deposit NARROW VEIN 8 INCHES TO 2 FT THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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