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Yellow Dog 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. Geologic structures
  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 10048774
MRDS ID MP25797
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Dog Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.17507, 35.00667 (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

Mojave(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 011N 012W 29,32 California

Comments on the location information

  • WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result AVG. VALUE OF SAMPLES FROM SPAR VEIN $3/TON
Result FROM 4 FT OF VEIN $25/TON.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.17507, 35.00667
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Stock

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 60E
    Thickness 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • *MINERALIZATION OF FRACTURE SYSTEM OCCURED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT STAGES: 17 MA AND 13 MA. SAN JUAN FM. (35-30 MA) : INTERMEDIATE-COMPOSITION MUDFLOWS, VOLCANICLASTIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, LAVA FLOWS, AND FLOW BRECCIAS.
  • K4:GANGUE:QUARTZ, CALCITE, MANGANESE OXIDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1922
Discoverer Percy Wegman, Mojave, California

Mining district

District name Mojave Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Richard Moon And Roy Farley,
    Home office Mojave, California
    First year 1949
  • Type Owner
    Owner Yellow Dog Mining Co.
    First year 1949

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION PRIMARILY FROM IDORADO (1901-1976).
  • TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY EXCEEDED $12000000.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES MAY BE LARGE

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF A 60 DEG. INCLINED SHAFT SUNK 300 FEET WITH LEVELS AT 50, 100, AND 200 FEET. IN THESE WORKINGS NORTH OF THE SHAFT AS ORE SHOOT 200 FEET LONG BY 6 FEET WIDE WAS DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE 100 FOOT LEVEL AND THE SURFACE. ABOUT 420 FEET SOUTH OF THIS, A 55 DEG. INCLINED SHAFT HAS BEEN SUNK 240 FEET, WITH LEVELS AT 50, 100, 150, 180, AND 240 FEET. LESSEES ARE WORKING IN A RAISE IN THE FOOTWALL ABOVE THE 150 FOOT LEVEL ABOUT 75 FEET FROM THE SHAFT.

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED BY R.C. DARLING IN 1870. THOMAS WALSH PURCHASED MOST OF THE CLAIMS IN THE CAMP BIRD GROUP IN 1896. SMUGGLER-UNON AND TOMBOY HOLDINGS WAS ORGANIZED AS THE TELLURIDE MINES, INC. IN 1940.

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. 238, PL. 17.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 338-339.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 19, P. 163.

  • Production

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1949), CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 339.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS WERE FORMED BY OPEN-SPACE FILLING AND REPLACEMENT PROCESSES SMUGGLER-UNION VEIN TRENDS NORTH WEST AND HAS BEEN MINES FOR A HORIZONTAL DISTANCE OF 8000 FT.
Deposit INCLUDES LIBERTY MINE, TOMBOY GROUP MINES, IDARADO
Deposit 8 CLAIMS. 160 ACRES.
Deposit VEIN 8-10 FT IN THICKNESS WITH HIGH-GRADE MINERALIZATION ON HANGING WALL. ON FOOTWALL, 6-8 FT OF CALCITE VEIN FILLING. SOUTH OF THE 300 FT INCLINE, THE VEIN IS DISPLACED ABOUT 20 FT TO THE WEST BY A N60W FAULT.

Reporter information

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

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