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Pinmore Prospect

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 10048729
MRDS ID MP25746
Record type Site
Current site name Pinmore Prospect
Alternate or previous names Croesus

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.63895, 35.37943 (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

El Paso Peaks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont 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
029S 040E 25,36 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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip E
    Thickness 0.51M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rand District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shipsey Mining Co.

Comments on the production information

  • COMPANY PAID $5000 IN DIVIDENDS IN 2 YEARS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 701.04M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE, 300 FT TUNNEL AND 2000 FT OF DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 45, P. 265

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA DIVISIO OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS, NO 18-21, P. 14.

  • Production

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 507.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL VEINS

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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