La Crosse Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048700
MRDS ID MP25711
Record type Site
Current site name La Crosse Mine
Alternate or previous names La Cross Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.65506, 35.34971 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johannesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont 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 030S 040E 11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.65506, 35.34971

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • K4: GANGUE: QUARTZ, ALBITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Stringer District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Putman, H.
    Home office Los Angeles, California

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMBER OF SHAFTS, 20-100 FT DEEP

Comments on development

  • IDLE IN 1914 ON ACCOUNT OF LITIGATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 25, P. 39.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 500.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF NARROW PARALLEL VEINS, EACH AVG. 6 INCHES IN THICKNESS. HIGH GRADE ORE OCCURS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 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.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.