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Windy 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. 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 10048770
MRDS ID MP25793
Record type Site
Current site name Windy Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.64811, 35.37138 (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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029S 040E 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.64811, 35.37138
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • K4:GANGUE:QUARTZ

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rand District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner International Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1949
  • Type Owner
    Owner Welsh, T. C.
    Home office Los Angeles, California
    First year 1949
  • Type Owner
    Owner Marsh, H. E.
    Home office Torrance, California
    First year 1949

Comments on the production information

  • ORE WAS FREE-MILLING. EARLY OPERATORS REPORTED TO HAVE EXTRACTED $20-$40/TON ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 225 FT SHAFT; CROSSCUT ON 200 FT LEVEL WITH WINZE 100 FT DEEP. LEVELS AT 50, 100, 150 AND 200 FT. WORKINGS AGGREGATE SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.E., SAMPSON, R.J. AND OAKESHOTT, G.B., 1949, MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 45, NO. 2, P. 236-7, PL. 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL PARALLEL VEINS. ORE REPORTED TO BE HIGH GRADE.
Deposit 90 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

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