Lida

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048704
MRDS ID MP25716
Record type Site
Current site name Lida
Alternate or previous names Hamilton

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.23118, 34.87972 (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

Soledad Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(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 009N 013W 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • 5 MI NW ROSEMOND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.23118, 34.87972

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE-SW
    Dip 25S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Milwaukee Mining Co.
    First year 1914

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 97.54M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT, 3 LEVELS, 2000 FT OF DRIFTS, 200 FT LONG STOPE

Comments on development

  • WATER WAS OBTAINED FROM SPRINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 2 FT THICK. GRANITE FOOTWALL, SLATE HANGING WALL.
Deposit 180 ACRES. THIS IS AN OLD PROSPECT THAT WAS LATER CONSOLIDATED INTO THE TROPICO MINE HOLDINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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.