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Lady Belle

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. Mining district
  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 10048702
MRDS ID MP25713
Record type Site
Current site name Lady Belle
Alternate or previous names Claims: Lady Belle and Boston Belle

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.44036, 35.72665 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Isabella North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kern(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 025S 033E 28 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) -118.44036, 35.72665
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-W
    Dip 65N
    Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cove Mining District

Comments on the production information

  • ONE RUN OF 1500 TONS GAVE $40/TON ON THE PLATES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 113.39M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY WORKED SINCE 1861. SHAFT WITH 4 LEVELS, SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFTS AND 3 STOPES, EACH 200 FT LONG.

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY AT ONE TIME SUPPORTED A NUMBER OF LEASERS AS THE ORE WAS HIGH GRADE AND EASILY MINED. TOTAL COST OF MINING AND MILLING IN 1914 WAS $5/TON.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 501.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LADE BELLE VEIN 3 FT THIICK. ORE SHOOT 250 FT LONG, 3 FT THICK.
Deposit LADY BELLE PATENTED IN 1884. LATER BECAME PAT OF BIG BLUE M INE HOLDINGS. SEE THAT RECORD FOR ADDITIONAL DATA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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