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Gwynne Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Arsenic, Tungsten
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048684
MRDS ID MP25692
Record type Site
Current site name Gwynne Mine
Alternate or previous names Gwynne-Jenette: Chief, Jennete, Dearborne, Mace, Deadtree, Shasta

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.32563, 35.39943 (WGS84)
Relative position 45 MILES SOUTH OF CLARAVILLE

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)

Middle Kern-Upper Tehachapi-Grapevine(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 21,22 California

Comments on the location information

  • MINE MARKED ON CLARAVILLE TOPO MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result TAILINGS ASSAYED $1.50/TON

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) -118.32563, 35.39943
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W; N35E
    Dip 40S
    Thickness 1.83M
  • Dip 40S

Comments on the geologic information

  • K4: GANGUE: QUARTZ, PYRITE, MARCASITE

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 Otto And Jack Geringer, Mojave, California
    First year 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • GWYNNE DEVELOPED BY SHAFT 300 FT IN DEPTH, AND 2 TUNNELS UPPER TUNNEL 900 FT LONG. 100 FT BELOW LOWER TUNNEL DRIVEN FOR 2600 FT. 1600 FT FROM PORTAL, RAISE TO SURFACE. ANOTHER RAISE AT DISTANCE OF 2000 FT. KERSEY VEIN. SE OF GWENNE, DEVELOPED BY 600 FT TUNNEL DRIVE NORTH, 85 FT WINZE AND DRIFT NORTH FROM WINZE ON VEIN FOR 200 FT. ORE SHOOT DEVELOPED ON THIS LEVEL WAS 150 FT LONG, AVG 4 FT IN THICKNESS. JENNETTE VEIN DEVELOPED BY 150 FT CROSSCUT WITH DRIFT ON VEIN 700 FT WEST. 2 ORE SHOOTS WERE DEVELOPED, 300 FT IN LENGTH, FROM THESE WORKINGS. SKETCH MAP OF CLAIMS AND WORKINGS IN CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINING AND GEOLOGY VOL. 29, P. 308.

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. 223-224, PL. 17

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 308-309.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 498, 499.

  • Production

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1949) P. 224

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 NEARLY PARALLEL VEINS KNOWN AS THE GWYNNE, JENNETTE AND KERSEY. GWYNNE AND JENNETTE RANGE FROM 6 INCHES TO 2 FT IN THICKNESS. KERSEY VEIN 4-6 FT IN THICKNESS SCHEELITE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR MASSES IN GWYNNE VEIN.
Deposit 445 PATENTED ACRES. FORMERLY THE KERN COUNTY CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 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.

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