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Rawhide Prospect

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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048738
MRDS ID MP25755
Record type Site
Current site name Rawhide Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.33341, 35.38443 (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

Claraville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kern-Upper Tehachapi-Grapevine(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sequoia National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029S 034E 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) -118.33341, 35.38443
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-S
    Dip 30E
    Thickness 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Green Mountain District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bulong, A. R.
    Home office Piute, Ca
    First year 1914

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 192.02M

Comments on the workings information

  • 380 FT ADIT AND 250 FT OF DRIFTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 508-509

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 18 INCHES THICK WITH HIGH GRADE ORE.
Deposit 40 ACRES. THIS IS AN OLD PROSPECT THAT WAS PROBABLY LATER RENAMED AND/OR CONSOLIDATED INTO LARGER HOLDINGS.

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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