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Uncle Same Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic
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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. 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 10048763
MRDS ID MP25784
Record type Site
Current site name Uncle Same Mine
Alternate or previous names Southern Cross

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.53036, 35.51581 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miracle Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kern-Upper Tehachapi-Grapevine(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(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 028S 032E 03,10 California

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MILE NW OF HAVILAH FOREST SERVICE STATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES TAKEN ALONG INTERVALS OF 2 VEINS ASSAYED $10-$35/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.53036, 35.51581
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 70SE
    Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • K4:GANGUE: QUARTZ, PYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clear Creek Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Ella M. West And L. L. Porter, Havilah, California
    First year 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • 350 FT CROSSCUT, 230 FT DRIFT, 300 FT DRIFT

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. 235-6, PL. 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 PARALLEL VEINS. MAIN VEIN 6-20 FT IN THICKNESS WITH MASSIVE OUTCROP OF QUARTZ. TRACED ON SURFACE FOR 2000 FT.
Deposit 7 CLAIMS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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