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Ben Hur Gold Wash Mine

Prospect in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10159885
MRDS ID M022566
MAS/MILS ID 0060291190
Record type Site
Current site name Ben Hur Gold Wash Mine
Alternate or previous names Gold Wash Mine
Related records 10103237

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.63199, 35.35059 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(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)

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 01 NESESE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.63199, 35.35059
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. BULLETIN 95, 1925, PLATE 28, NO. 4.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 1, 1962, MAP NO.

  • Deposit

    575, P. 316.

  • Deposit

    USGS-MRDS/GSC ID LIST, JUNE 94.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS-MRDS; GSC ID #M022566 IS LISTED AS THE "GOLD WASH MINE" WITH LAT/LONG OF N352055/W1173754, ON THE JUNE 94 LIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-AUG-1995 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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