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White Horse

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Silver
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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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048768
MRDS ID MP25789
Record type Site
Current site name White Horse
Alternate or previous names White Horse Rand Claims: White Horse, High Grade Ridge

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.64228, 35.34527 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 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

Johannesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(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
030W 040E 01 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.64228, 35.34527
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30E-N55E
    Dip 50SE
    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 Rand Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner White Horse Mining Co., Selma, California

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 SHAFTS, MOST TO DEPTHS OF 50 FT. A 200 FT SHAFT INTERSECTS NO. 1 VEIN AT 120 FT DEPTH. IT WAS ANTICIPATED THAT SHAFT WOULD CUT NO. 2 VEIN AT 400 FT DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 25, P. 60.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 95, P. 144.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 19, P. 171.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PARALLEL VEINS, EACH 1-2 FT THICK
Deposit 11 ACRES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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