Lamont Pit

Plant in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10114844
MAS/MILS ID 0060291022
Record type Site
Current site name Lamont Pit
Alternate or previous names La Monte, Baltic Project

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.64809, 35.34669 (WGS84)
Elevation 1196
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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)

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 030 S 040 E 12 NWNWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.64809, 35.34669

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Pit
Plant type Leach
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mining district

District name Randsburg

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rand Mining Co.
    ID 0404752
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1992
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Glamis Gold Ltd
    Home office Canada
    Year 1988

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ENVIRONMNETAL MANAGEMENT ASSOC., 1992, BALTIC MINE PROJECT,

  • Deposit

    KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: DRAFT EIS/EIR.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PIT MINED OUT IN 1993.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-MAR-1995 Dunn, George U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/17/2007
MSHA mine ID0404752
Mine name (MSHA)Rand Mine
Current operatorGlamis Rand Mining Co
Current controller (parent)Glamis Gold Ltd
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative California resources

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