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Sailor Boy Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048744
MRDS ID MP25762
Record type Site
Current site name Sailor Boy Mine
Alternate or previous names Silver Bow

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.19424, 34.98694 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Soledad Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(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 010N 012W 06 California

Comments on the location information

  • 4 MI S MOJAVE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.19424, 34.98694
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20W
    Dip 60E
    Thickness 0.91M

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 Colberg, Gus And More, C. C.
    Home office Mojave California
    First year 1929

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT ADIT DRIVEN 100 FT TO VEIN, WITH DRIFT SOUTH 200 FT ON VEIN, DRIFT NORTH FOR 50 FT NEAR POINT WHERE VEIN IS CROSSCUT ORE WAS TOPED FOR A DISTANCE OF 75 FT. A WINZE WAS SUNK TO A DEPTH OF 50 FT AT THIS POINT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 282.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 25, P. 47.

  • Production

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 510.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 CLAIMS. 80 ACRES.
Deposit VEIN, 2-3 FEET THICK.

Reporter information

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

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