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Joe Walker 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048694
MRDS ID MP25702
Record type Site
Current site name Joe Walker Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Lena, Hidden Queen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.49425, 35.42109 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Piute Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029S 0332 12 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.49425, 35.42109
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE-SW
    Dip 60 SE
    Thickness 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of first production 1865

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dan Cronin And Associates Of Bakersfield
  • Type Owner
    Owner J. B. Huggin And Phoebe A. Hearst Estates

Production statistics

  • Year 1874
    Period 1865-1874
    Material ORE AU
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^$24/Ton, 3% Sulfides
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Sulfur Sulfur 3wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MUCH OF THE ORE FROM THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE MINE WENT OVER $100/TON. CONCENTRATED SULFIDES STATED TO HAVE YIELDED $3000/TON.

Comments on the workings information

  • 250 FT AND 350 FT INCLINES LESSEES WERE PUMPING WATER OUT OF SHAFT. AS OF NOV. 1, 1946, THEY WERE WITHIN A FEW FEET OF 250 FT LEVEL. ORE WAS STOPED OUT FROM 250 FT AND 350 FT LEVELS TO SURFACE FOR DISTANCE OF 700 FT DURING EARLIER WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • ORE WAS TREATED IN 20 STAMP MILL. CAUSE OF STOPPAGE IN 1874 WAS FLOODING WITH A GREATER VOLUME OF WATER THAN PUMPS COULD HANDLE.

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. 226, PL. 17.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL 29, P. 310-311.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 8, P. 317-318.

  • Production

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1949), P. 226, CJMG VOL 8, P. 317

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 2-20 FT THICK. WELL-DEFINED, WITH SMOOTH WALLS AND CLAY GOUGE.
Deposit 2 PATENTED CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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