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Red Wing Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. 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 10104168
MRDS ID MP25757
Record type Site
Current site name Red Wing Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.64562, 35.55388 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ridgecrest South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles 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 027S 040E 26,35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.64562, 35.55388
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip 40SW
    Thickness 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • K4: GANGUE: QUARTZ, IRON OXIDE, PYRITE; GRANITIC ROCK CUT BY FINE-GRAINED BASIC DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rademacher District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Red Wing Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • 180 FT SHAFT, 50 FT DRIFT.

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. 231-232, PL. 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN, FEW INCHES TO 3 FT IN THICKNESS. VEIN FILLING CONSISTS OF QUARTZ AND DECOMPOSED COUNTRY ROCK. WHERE VEIN IS MINERALIZED, IT CONTAINS HARD IRON OXIDE.
Deposit 6 CLAIMS, 3 PATENTED AND 3 HELD BY LOCATION.

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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