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Minnesota Group

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048716
MRDS ID MP25732
Record type Site
Current site name Minnesota Group
Alternate or previous names King George

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.65312, 35.37277 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029S 040E 35 California

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS JOSEPHINE GROUP ON THE EAST

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) -117.65312, 35.37277
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1896

Mining district

District name Rand Mining District

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS, EACH 100 FT DEEP AND SHORT DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • ORE WSAS REDUCED AT THE RED DOG CUSTOM MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL 14, P. 504

  • Production

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 504.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit 50 ACRES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-82 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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