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Stellar Group of Claims

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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10048758
MRDS ID MP25778
Record type Site
Current site name Stellar Group of Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.63868, 35.57027 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 0.5 MI SE INDIAN VALLEY WELLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ridgecrest South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles 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 026S 040E 23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE BODY 20 INCHES WIDE ASSAYED $36/TON IN GOLD.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.63868, 35.57027
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N60E
    Dip 65SE
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Where Vein Crosses Dikes, Ore Bones Occur.

Comments on the geologic information

  • K4:GANGUE:QUARTZ, GRANITIC ROCK CUT BY RHYOLITE DIKES. STRIKING N30W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Randemacher District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ray Young (Mojave) And Ross Hank (Burbank), California
    First year 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS, 80, 110 AND 200 FT DEEP; 150 FT DRIFT ON 50 FT LEVEL FOLLOWED ORE SHOOT 100 FT LONG, AVG 20 INCHES THICK.

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. 29, P. 327.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, AVERAGES 2 FT IN THICKNESS.

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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