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Ladd 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048701
MRDS ID MP25712
Record type Site
Current site name Ladd Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10423, 35.00806 (WGS84)
Elevation 866
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

Sanborn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 011N 012W 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYED $3.00/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.10423, 35.00806
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST
    Dip 80N
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • RHYOLITE FORMS SMALL BUTTE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ladd, O. H.
    Home office Mojave, Ca
    First year 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCH, 100 FT LONG BY 6 FT DEEP. NUMBER OF TRENCHES TO EAST, 10 FT APART FOR A QUARTER OF A MILE. 356 FT SHAFT WITH 25 FT CROSSCUT TO VEIN.

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. 227, PL. 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL FRACTURES, 6-8 INCHES WIDE, 4 FT BRECCIATED QUARTZ VEIN AND ANOTHER PARALLEL VEIN, 4 FT IN THICKNESS.
Deposit 640 ACRES

Reporter information

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

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