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Snowbird Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Arsenic, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10163940
MRDS ID W023985
MAS/MILS ID 0060290341
Record type Site
Current site name Snowbird Mine
Alternate or previous names American Group, Blue Bird Claim, U.S. Claim, America, Yellow Jacket Claim
Related records 10110761

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.6545, 35.38249 (WGS84)
Elevation 1021
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

El Paso Peaks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(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)

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 029 S 040 E 26 CNN2SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.6545, 35.38249
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1902

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 1, 1962, MAP NO.

  • Deposit

    345, P. 133, 187.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. III-

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, P. 44.

  • Deposit

    LESZCYKOWSKI, A.M., AND OTHERS, 1994, MINERAL RESOURCES OF

  • Deposit

    THE WEST MOJAVE DESERT TORTOISE HABITAT (CATEGORY ONE AND

  • Deposit

    TWO LANDS): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION, MAP NO.

  • Deposit

    24, TABLE A-3, P. A-8.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-APR-1994 Berg, Andrew W. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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