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Sawyer 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. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048746
MRDS ID MP25765
Record type Site
Current site name Sawyer Mine
Alternate or previous names Mammoth Group of Claims.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.51064, 35.61942 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miracle Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026S 032E 35 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) -118.51064, 35.61942
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE-SW
    Dip 60S
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Keyes Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mammoth Mountain Mining Co., Isabella, California
    First year 1933

Comments on the production information

  • AVERAGE VALUE OF ORE WAS REPORTED TO BE $70/TON. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORDS FOUND.

Comments on the workings information

  • 125 FT INCLINE WITH DRIFTS ON 100 FT LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 327

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PART OF MAMMOTH GROUP OF CLAIMS.
Deposit MAMMOTH VEIN, 6 INCHES TO 2 FT THICK. ORE SHOOT 70 FT LONG, AVG 1 FT THICK.

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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