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St. Lawrence Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048752
MRDS ID MP25772
Record type Site
Current site name St. Lawrence Mine
Alternate or previous names St. Lawrence Rand Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.62867, 35.35388 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johannesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(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 030S 040E 01 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerargyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Stephanite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation Down To 250 Ft As Measured Down Dip Of Vein.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.62867, 35.35388
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCHES, SWELLS
    Strike N70E
    Dip 65S
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • K4:GANGUE:QUARTZ, CALCITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner St. Lawrence Rand Mining Co.
    Home office Bakersfield, California
  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank W. Royer, Red Mountain, California

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 INCLINES SUNK ON K.C.N VEIN, NO. 1 275 FT DEEP. 67 DEG. INCLINATION. NO. 2 300 FT DEEP, WITH LEVELS OF 100, 200, 240 FT WITH SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFTS. PRINCIPAL SILVER ORE FOUND ON 240 FT LEVEL, ABOUT 200 FT EAST OF SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 25, P. 59.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 95, P. 143.

  • Production

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL 25, P. 59.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PARALLEL VEINS, EACH 1-4 FT THICK. PRINCIPAL SILVER ORE FOUND ON 240 FT LEVEL. 200 FT EAST OF SHAFT. ORE SHOOT WAS 40 FT LONG, 4 FT WIDE. VEIN HAS STRONG WSALLS WITH STRONG DEVELOPMENT OF GOUGE AND SLICKENSIDES. VEIN MATTER IS A GRAY SILICEOUS MATERIAL, LOCALLY BRECCIATED.
Deposit 180 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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