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Suprise Group of Mines

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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048759
MRDS ID MP25779
Record type Site
Current site name Suprise Group of Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.36091, 35.45359 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Est Within .5 Mi., Est Within .5 Mi., Est Within .5 Mi.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Claraville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Kern(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sequoia National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028S 034E 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 75NW
    Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • K4:GANGUE:QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Green Mountain Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ed George, Bodfish, California
    First year 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFTS AND OPEN CUTS. DEPOSITS IN SLATE CREEK, FOR A DISTANCE OF A QUARTER OF A MILE BELOW OUTCROP OF VEINS WERE WORKED AS PLACERS IN 1860'S.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., SAMPSON, R.J. AND OAKESHOTT, G.B., 1949, MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 45, NO. 2, P. 234, PL. 17.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 329.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 CLAIMS.
Deposit 2-3 PARALLEL VEINS, EACH 2 FT IN THICKNESS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-81 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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