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Lamont Extension Pit

Prospect in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10188257
MAS/MILS ID 0060291259
Record type Site
Current site name Lamont Extension Pit
Alternate or previous names Randsburg, Baltic Mine Project, Rand Mining Company

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.64589, 35.34809 (WGS84)
Elevation 1196
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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)

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 030 S 040 E 01 SESWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.64589, 35.34809
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Randsburg

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rand Mining Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1992

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AS OF 6-30-95, ORE RESERVES FOR LAMONT PIT WERE AS FOLLOWS: 18,030,000 PROVEN TONS WITH A GRADE OF 0.021 AND 920,000 PROBABLE TONS WITH A GRADE OF 0.020. THE STRIPPING RATIO IS 1.67:1 (GLAMIS GOLD 1995 ANNUAL REPORT-FRONT COVER).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ASSOC., 1992, BALTIC MINE PROJECT,

  • Deposit

    KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: DRAFT EIS/EIR.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AS OF 1995, LAMONT WAS DEPLETED BUT LAMONT EAST EXTENSION WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PERMITTING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-FEB-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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