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White 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. 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 10048767
MRDS ID MP25788
Record type Site
Current site name White Mine
Alternate or previous names Sidney

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.70368, 35.32221 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johannesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(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 030S 040E 16,17 California

Comments on the location information

  • .25 MILES SW OF SIDNEY PEAK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result VALUES RANGE FROM $10-$100/TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.70368, 35.32221
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55E
    Dip 65-70SE
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Shoots Occur At Or In Vicinity Of Intersection Of Vein With Rhyolite Dike.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner P. W. Mc Auliffe, Los Angeles, California

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • CONSIDERABLE TONNAGE REMAINED IN MINE. ALSO SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS ON DUMP REPORTED TO CARRY SAME VALUES.

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED BY TWO SHAFTS, ONE 85 FT, THE OTHER 275 FT DEEP. THESE ARE ABOUT 600 FT APART AND ARE CONNECTED ON THE 85 FT LEVEL. IN THE 275 FT SHAFT, DRIFTS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN AS FOLLOWS: 70-FT LEVEL E 125 FT, W 20 FT; 100=FT LEVEL E 125 FT, W 350 FT; 150-FT LEVEL E 85 FT, W 525 FT; 200-FT LEVEL E 50 FT, W 450 FT; 275-FT LEVEL E 100 FT, W 500 FT. CROSSCUTS BETWEEN THE THREE VEINS EXPOSED IN THESE WORKINGS ADD ABOUT 1000 FT TO THE ABOVE DEVELOPMENT. THE PRINCIPAL ORE SHOOT WAS TOPED FOR A LENGTH OF 260 FT ON THE 100-FT LEVEL. THE STOPE IS FROM 2 FT TO 6 FT WIDE. IT WAS ALSO STOPED FROM 150-FT TO 100-FT LEVEL. ON THE 150 AND 200 FT LEVELS, THREE VEINS OR THREE BRANCHES OF THE SAME VEIN HAVE BEEN WORKED. THE FOOTWALL BRANCH IS THE STRONGEST AND IT WAS IN THIS BRANCH THAT THE STOPING HAS BEEN DONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 334.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 25, P. 51.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF VEINS, EACH 1-2 FT THICK. VEIN FILLING CONSISTS OF QUARTZ AND SILICIFIED SCHIST.
Deposit 260 ACRES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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