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Pennsylvania-Sunrise Group of Mines

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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048726
MRDS ID MP25743
Record type Site
Current site name Pennsylvania-Sunrise Group of Mines
Alternate or previous names Ana-Isabell Claims: Pennsylvania, Sunrise, High Grande No. 1, No. 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.51564, 35.62026 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miracle Hot Springs(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

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 026S 032E 35 California

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS MAMMOTH GROUP ON THE WEST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

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) -118.51564, 35.62026
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 70E
    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 Keyes Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kanthier, C. B.
    Home office Los Angeles, CA
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. B. Walker, Keyesville, California

Comments on the production information

  • ORE MILLED FROM PENNSYLVANIA VEIN STATED TO CARRY $150/TON IN GOLD. FROM 20 TONS OF ORE. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENTS ON THE PENNSYLVANIA VEINCONSIST OF INCLINE SHAFT SUNK ON THE VEIN TO A DEPTH OF 210 FT. ABOUT 300 FT IN ELEVATION BELOW THE COLLAR OF THIS SHAFT, A CROSSCUT DRIVEN NORTHWEST TO INTERSECT THE PENNSYLVANIA VEIN AT A POINT 300 FT NORTHEAST OF THE SHAFT. THIS TUNNEL HAS BEEN ADVANCED 850 FT IN GRANITE. AT AN ELEVATION OF 80 FT ABOVE THIS TUNNEL THERE IS A TUNNEL DRIVEN SOUTHWEST ON THE SUNSHINE VEIN A DISTANCE OF 800 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 322.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 25, P. 45.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PARALLEL VEINS PENNSYLVANIA AND SUNRISE 10 INCHES TO 2 FT IN THICKNESS.
Deposit 4 CLAIMS

Reporter information

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

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