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Valley View 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048764
MRDS ID MP25785
Record type Site
Current site name Valley View Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Havilah, San Pedro, Arizona, Monrovia

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.42981, 35.52165 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Isabella South(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

Sequoia National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028S 033E 03,04 California

Comments on the location information

  • ON RIDGE NORTH OF CLEAR CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.42981, 35.52165
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 40NW
    Thickness 1.83M

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

Mining district

District name Valley View Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Valley View Mining Co.
    First year 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • NO.1 AND NO. 2 VEINS ARE DEVELOPED BY TUNNELS. TUNNEL NO. 1 IS DRIVEN NORTHEAST ON THE VEIN 385 FEET. NO 2 VEIN, WHICH IS 24 FEET WEST OF NO. 1 VEIN, IS DEVELOPED BY A TUNNEL DRIVEN NORTHEAST 90 FEET. ABOUT 200 FEET NORTH OF THE PORTAL OF NO. 1 TUNNEL A SHAFT IS SUNK ON NO. 1 VEIN TO A DEPTH OF 90 FEET.

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. 236, PL. 17

  • Production

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1949)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 9 PARALLEL VEINS, EACH FROM 4-6 FT IN THICKNESS
Deposit A TOTAL OF 16 CLAIMS, OF WHICH THE 4 INDICATED WERE PATENTED.

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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