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Sunrise Prospect

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048756
MRDS ID MP25776
Record type Site
Current site name Sunrise Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.8426, 35.68109 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position Est Within 1 Mi, Est Within 1 Mi

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woody(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Deer-Upper White(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 029E 10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.8426, 35.68109
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • 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 Woody Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Rae, A. W.
    Home office Bakersfield, Ca
    First year 1914

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT AND SHORT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 512

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, 2 FT THICK. ORE IS BASE. SOME RICH ORE FOUND ON SURFACE SHOWING FREE GOLD.
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-82 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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