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Laurel Group of Mines

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104163
MRDS ID MP25714
Record type Site
Current site name Laurel Group of Mines
Alternate or previous names Claims: Marbel No.1, 2 and 3, Perth Amboy No. 1, 2 and 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.40536, 35.66887 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Isabella North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(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 027S 033E 26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result $7/TON IN GOLD
Result $5/TON IN SILVER, COPPER, 1.5 OZ INDIUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.40536, 35.66887
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N17W
    Dip 38NE
    Thickness 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Limestone-Schist Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Valley View Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Hooper, Hobo Hot Springs, California

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF AN UPPER TUNNEL DRIVEN SOUTHEAST 70 FT WITH A 45-FT SHAFT. THE LOWER TUNNEL IS 96 FT, VERTICALLY BELOW UPPER TUNNEL. IT HAS BEEN DRIVEN EAST 125 FT WHERE IT BRANCHES NORTHEAST AND WOUTHEAST 70 FT TO THE LIMESTONE SCHIST CONTACT. AT THE POINT WHERE THE SOUTHERN BRANCH REACHED THE CONTACT, A RAISE WAS PUT UP 80 FT TO CONNECT WITH 45 FT SHAFT. AT THE END OF THE NORTHERN BRANCH, A 70 FT RAISE HAS BEEN DRIVEN. FROM THE END OF EACH BRANCH, A CROSS-CUT HAS BEEN DRIVEN EASTERLY 130 FT IN THE LIMESTONE. THESE CROSSCUTS WERE TO BE CONTINUED TO MONZONITE-LIMESTONE CONTACT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL 36, P. 329-330.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 314.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED FRACTURE ZONE, 1-12 FT THICK
Deposit 6 CLAIMS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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