Hummer Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048688
MRDS ID MP25696
Record type Site
Current site name Hummer Mine
Alternate or previous names Jolliver

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.70784, 35.46777 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(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 028S 040E 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • REPORTED SECTION QUESTIONABLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

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) -117.70784, 35.46777

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 34.75M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE WITH SHORT DRIFTS AT 34, 54 AND 114 FT

Comments on development

  • FIRST WORKED IN 1851 ACCORDING TO OLD LOCATION NOTICES FOUND ON PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 95, P. 135.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 25, P. 57.

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 95, 135

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NARROW VEIN ORE OCCURS IN SEVERAL SMALL BUNCHES
Deposit 7 CLAIMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.