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Shoestring 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  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 10048748
MRDS ID MP25767
Record type Site
Current site name Shoestring Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.49731, 35.59748 (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

Lake Isabella South(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027S 032E 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.49731, 35.59748
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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

Mining district

District name Keyes Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner King, George
    Home office Isabella, California
    First year 1914

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 313.94M

Comments on the workings information

  • 430 FT ADIT AND 600 FT OF DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • FREE MILLING ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 510

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN OF HIGH GRADE ORE.
Deposit 20 ACRES. THIS IS AN OLD PROSPECT THAT WAS PROBABLY LATER RENAMED AND/OR CONSOLIDATED INTO LARGER MINE 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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