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Whitmore Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104172
MRDS ID MP25792
Record type Site
Current site name Whitmore Mine
Alternate or previous names Claims: Whitmore No. 2, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6, No. 7, Whitmore Extension, Antique, Antique Extension, Valley.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.1734, 35.00472 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mojave(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(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
San Bernardino 011N 012W 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • MINE ON STANDARD HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result 300 FT SHAFT HAD ASSAYS OF $6-$50/TON IN GOLD, SILVER. 100-FT SHAFT ASSAYED $10-$20/TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.1734, 35.00472
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 60E
    Thickness 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • K4:GANGUE: QUARTZ, PYRITE; SERIES OF MINOR FAULTS (NW-SE) DISPLACES VEIN(S). DISPLACEMENT VARIES FROM 3-10 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mojave Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Whitmore Mines, Inc.
    First year 1949

Comments on the production information

  • FREE-MILLING ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS, 300, 280 AND 100 FT DEEP. 300-FT SHAFT HAD LEVELS AT 100 AND 200 FT. A LARGE PART OF BROKEN ORE WAS SLABBED FROM FOOT AND HANGING WALLS OF OLD STOPES, WHICH WERE WIDENED FROM 6 FT TO 10 FT.

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. 236, PL. 17.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 334-335.

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 19, P. 162-163.

  • Production

    CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 31, P. 484.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4 PARALLEL VEINS ALONG RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKES. THICKNESS OF VEINS RANGES FROM 2-6 FT. ORE SHOOT DEVELOPED WAS 700 FT LONG, 7 FT THICK. ON 300-FT LEVEL, THE ORE SHOOT APPARENTLY WAS BROKEN INTO SHORT LENSES, WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN WEDGES FORMED BY FAULTS. SIMILAR CONDITION ENCOUNTERED AT TROPICO MINE.
Deposit 10 CLAIMS. PART OF TROPICO MINES HOLDINGS. 160 ACRES.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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