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Yellow Boy Mine

Occurrence in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048773
MRDS ID MP25796
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Boy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.36259, 35.4997 (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

Claraville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(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 034E 18 California

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS BRIGHT STAR MINE ON THE SOUTH

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 > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.36259, 35.4997
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner I. J. Schaub
    First year 1940
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jeannette-Grant Mining Co.
    First year 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 36, P. 328.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 45, P. 270.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 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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