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St. John Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony, Arsenic, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048753
MRDS ID MP25771
Record type Site
Current site name St. John Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.21952, 35.45055 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinyon Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Kern(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 028S;029S;028S 035E;035E;035E 03,04,22 California

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES SOUTH OF SAGELAND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.21952, 35.45055
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 32-40S

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • K4:GANGUE:QUARTA; SEVERAL APLITE DIKES, 2-3 FT IN THICKNESS, AND MONZONITE DIKE 3-20 FT THICK. ONE SET OF TRANSVERSE FAULTS TRENDS EAST AND DIPS VERTICALLY; THE OTHER TRENDS N57E AND DIPS 55-60S. THE LONGITUDINAL FAULTS APEAR PARALLEL TO VEIN AND DIP TO 60S. THEY ARE BOTH POST-MINERAL AND PRE-MINERAL TRANSVERSE FAULTS MOSTLY POST MINERAL. DISPLACEMENT RANGE FROM 3-150 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ross W. Prout And W. H. Curtis (San Fernando, California)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Struss, Karl
    First year 1949

Comments on the production information

  • LINE 7: BY CYANIDATION

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED BY THREE SHAFTS. THE WESTERNMOST OR MAIN SHAFT IS YPP FEET DEEP. AT A POINT 175 FEET EAST IS A 350 FOOT SHAFT, WHICH CONNECTS AT THE 300 FOOT LEVEL WITH A THIRD SHAFT WHICH WAS 160 FEET FARTHER EAST. DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS CARRIED ON THROUGH THE 350 FOOT SHAFT. THE 350- FOOT LEVEL WAS UNDER WATER. PUMPING WAS DONE 15 FEET ABOVE THIS LEVEL WITH A NO. 6 CMERON PUMP DRIVEN BY AIR. ON THE 300 FOOT LEVEL A DRIFT WAS DRIVEN 135 FEET NORTHWEST FROM THE SHAFT, AT WHICH POINT OLD WORKINGS WERE ENCOUNTERED. SOME GOOD ORE, A FAULTED SEGMENT OF THAT FORMERLY WORKED WAS FOUND IN THIS DRIFT. ORE WAS WORKED IN TWO MILLS NEAR TUNNEL SPRINGS.

Comments on development

  • OLD PROPERTY ORIGINALLY WORKED IN 1870'S BY SENATORS JONES AND STEWART OF NEVADA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., SAMPSON, R.J., AND OAKESHOTT, G.B., 1949, MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 45, NO. 2, P. 233, PL. 17

  • Production

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1949)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870S
Deposit VEIN, FAULTED IN MANY PLACES. BOTH LONGITUDINALLY AND TRANSVERSELY.
Deposit 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. 160 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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