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Gold State Group

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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048680
MRDS ID MP25688
Record type Site
Current site name Gold State Group
Alternate or previous names Amy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.35452, 35.45054 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)
Relative position 3/4 MI NW CLARAVILLE, 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 029S 034E 05 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ONE 30 INCH VEIN ASSAYED $60/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form KIDNEY-LIKE MASSES
    Strike N70-80E
    Dip 65-70SE
    Thickness 0.25M

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 District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. J. Errecart, Et. Al., Caliente, Calif.
    First year 1914

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, DRIFTS AND STOPE 80 FT LONG. IN 1933, 3 MORE ADITS ONE 655 FT LONG WITH 70 FT WINZE 540 FT FROM PORTAL. OTHER CROSSCUTS, RAISES AND STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 496

  • Deposit

    TROXEL, B.W. AND MORTON, P.K., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY COUNTRY REPORT 1, P. 133.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL PARALLEL VEINS, 2 INCHES TO 3 FEET THICK IN SHEETED ZONES
Deposit THIS IS AN OLD PROSPECT THAT WAS PROBABLY LATER RENAMED AND/OR CONSOLIDATED INTO LARGER HOLDINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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