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Nellie Dent and Contact 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104167
MRDS ID MP25737
Record type Site
Current site name Nellie Dent and Contact Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.44342, 35.71665 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Isabella North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kern(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(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 025S 033E 28,33 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 50 FT ON THE CONTENT VEIN ASSAYED $5/TON IN GOLD.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.44342, 35.71665
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E
    Dip 68W
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 426.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cove Mining District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • REPORTED BY A C.W. KEMPTON FOR THE CONTENT CLAIM. ALSO CLAIMED THAT DEPOSIT COULD BE WORKED BY OPEN CUT METHOD OF MINING.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, 450-FT DRIFT AND STOPE 450 FT LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 20, P. 41.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 505.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOW GRADE VEIN FROM 40-100 FT THICK. MASSIVE OUTCROP OF QUARTZ, 50 FT THICK, OCCURS ON BOTH CLAIMS. ORE SHOOT 450 FT LONG.
Deposit 54.3 ACRES PATENTED IN 1874. THESE WERE OLD CLAIMS THAT WERE LATER CONSOLIDATED INTO THE BIG BLUE MINE HOLDINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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