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Sun Group of Mines

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048755
MRDS ID MP25774
Record type Site
Current site name Sun Group of Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.82507, 35.41471 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position Est Within 1 Mi, Est Within 1 Mi

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garlock(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
29S 39E California

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MILES W GARLOCK IN MESQUITE CANYON

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

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description 75 Ft West Of Portal, Vein Cut By Fault Which Strikes N-S, Dips 80 W.

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 70S
    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 Goler Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sarah Slocum, Garlock California
    First year 1933

Comments on the workings information

  • 600 FT ADIT, 35 FT AND 50 FT CROSSCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 328-329

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN 3 FT THICK
Deposit 2 CLAIMS. THESE ARE OLD PROSPECTS THAT WERE PROBABLY LATER RENAMED AND/OR CONSOLIDATED INTO LARGER MINE HOLDINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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