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Huntington Mine

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048689
MRDS ID MP25697
Record type Site
Current site name Huntington Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.63868, 35.54693 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ridgecrest South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles 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 027S 040E 35 California

Comments on the location information

  • REPORTED SECTION QUESTIONABLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOOD VALUES WERE REPORTED TO OCCUR IN LENTICULAR ORE SHOOTS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.63868, 35.54693
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Series Of Dioritic Dikes

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N50E
    Dip 65 SE
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Where Vein Cuts Diorite Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rademacher District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harry F. Willey, Inyokern, Calif.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 FT TUNNEL ON VEIN, 2 20-FT WINZES, 100 FT SHAFT AT FACE OF TUNNEL. ANOTHER SHAFT AT PORTAL OVER 100 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • FIRST DEVELOPED IN EARLY 1900'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 309-310

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN WITH SHORT ORE SHOOTS, FEW INCHES TO 4 FT IN THICKNESS VEIN REPORTED TO BE STRONGER IN LAST 30 FT OF SHAFT NEAR PORTAL OF TUNNEL.
Deposit 3 CLAIMS

Reporter information

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

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