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Pride of Mojave 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048734
MRDS ID MP25751
Record type Site
Current site name Pride of Mojave Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.16507, 35.00194 (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

Mojave(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 011N 012W 33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED $7-50/TON IN GOLD

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.16507, 35.00194
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mojave Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sieman, Alfred
    Home office Bakersfield, Ca
  • Type Owner
    Owner Calkins, C. C.
    Home office Los Angeles, Ca

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRIDE OF MOJAVE SHAFT A 65 DEGREE INCLINE 265 FT DEEP; DESERT QUEEN SHAFT 400 FT ON 70 DEGREE INCLINATION; FOUR STAR SHAFT, 400 FT, VERTICAL. LEVELS AT 70, 13 AND 230 FT ON PRIDE OF MOJAVE SHAFT WITH A TOTAL OF 4000 FT OF WORKINGS ON 300 FT LEVEL OF FOUR STAR SHAFT, A 365 FT CROSSCUT TO DESERT QUEEN VEIN WITH 220 FT DRIFTS RAISE, OTHER CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS ON OTHER LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 36, P. 35-36

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN AVG 4 FT IN THICKNESS
Deposit 65 ACRES

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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