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Sky Line 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048749
MRDS ID MP25768
Record type Site
Current site name Sky Line Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.14063, 35.25027 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cross Mountain(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)

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 031S 036E 8 California

Comments on the location information

  • REPORTED SECTION QUESTIONABLE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.14063, 35.25027
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N85WS
    Dip 70-75NE
    Thickness 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • K4: GANGUE: QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Vern Moore Estate And Associates, Cantil, California
    First year 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS. EAST SHAFT 250 FT DEEP WITH LEVELS OF 75, 140 AND 250 FT ON 250 FT LEVEL ARE DRIFTS WEST 200 FT AND EAST 210 FT 100 FT WEST OF SHAFT, FAULT DISPLACES VEIN 60 FT NORTH. OTHER SHAFT 1000 FT TO WEST WITH LEVELS AT 100 AND 200 FT. 100 FT SHAFT ON 30 FT VEIN.

Comments on development

  • MILL SITE 1-5 MILES DOWN CANYON FROM THE MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., SAMPSON, R.J. AND OAKESHOTT, G.B., 1949, MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 45, NO. 2, P. 232, PL. 17.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRINCIPAL VEIN 2-8 FT IN THICKNESS. 1200 FT TO NORTH ANOTHER PARALLEL VEIN UP TO 30 FT IN THICKNESS.
Deposit 8 CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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