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Warrington

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048766
MRDS ID MP25787
Record type Site
Current site name Warrington
Alternate or previous names Little Angel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.5387, 35.50859 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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 9 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.5387, 35.50859
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. L. Simmons And S. F. Mcdonald, Havilah, California

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 1000 TONS OF ORE MINED FROM WINZE FROM MAIN TUNNEL LEVEL, A RECOVERY OF $17,000 WAS MADE.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO. 1. TUNNEL, 100 FT, NO. 2, 260 FT, NO. 3, 450 FT. AT 260 FT SOUTHWEST OF THE PORTAL OF LOWER TUNNEL THERE IS A WINZE 300 FT DEEP SUNK ON THE VEIN WITH LEVELS AT 100, 200 AND 300 FT. ORE SHOOT DEVELOPED IN THESE WORKINGS IS 260 FT IN LENGTH WITHAN AVERAGE WIDTH OF 4 FT OF QUARTZ MINERALIZED WITH PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE. AT MOUTH OF NO. 3 TUNNEL LEVEL, THERE IS A SHAFT SUNK ON AN INCLINE OF 45 DEGREES IN THE FOOTWALL TO A DEPTH OF 325 FT, WITH LEVELS AT 100, 200 AND 300 FT. ON 300 FT LEVEL THERE IS A CROSSCUT 41 FT TO VEIN, WITH DRIFT ON THE VEIN 460 FT TO THE SOUTHWEST. ORE DEVELOPED IN THESE WORKINGS IS SAID TO BE A HEAVY SULPHIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 333

  • Production

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 333.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 CLAIM, 20 ACRES
Deposit VEIN, 2-6 FT IN THICKNESS

Reporter information

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

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