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Gold Wash Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Silver
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103237
MRDS ID M022566
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Wash Mine
Alternate or previous names Ben Hur
Related records 10159885

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.63256, 35.3486 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES SE OF RANDSBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johannesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(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
Mount Diablo 030S 040E 01 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.63256, 35.3486
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N - NE
    Dip STEEPLY E - SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BLUISH-GRAY SILICEOUS SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • SCHEELITE PRODUCTION UNDETERMINED BUT PROBABLY ONLY A FEW UNITS FROM SMALL IRREGULAR WORKINGS ON SURFACE NW FROM SHAFT COLLAR.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • 400 FT. SHAFT WITH 1,735 FT. OF HORIZONTAL WORKINGS ON THREE LEVELS SOME SURFACE CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TROXEL, B. W., AND MORTON, P. K., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT 1, P. 316

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PATENTED CLAIM, MOST OF DEVELOPMENT WENT TOWARD SEARCH OF RICH SILVER VEINS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative California resources

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