Zoledad East

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212196
MAS/MILS ID 0060290053
Record type Site
Current site name Zoledad East
Alternate or previous names Soledad East

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.1695, 34.9633 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Soledad Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(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
Mount Diablo 010 N 012 W California

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCATION: 5 MI. SO. OF MOJAVE RIGHT ON SILVER QUEEN RD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.1695, 34.9633

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Edco Mining 9701 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1002, Beverly Hill
    ID 404489
    Home office California
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED AUG. 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 08/01/1988
MSHA mine ID0404489
Mine name (MSHA)Soledad East
Current operatorEdco Mining Company
Current controller (parent)Groves Edward-James Foster
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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Authoritative California resources

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