The Gwynne Mine is a gold, tungsten, and arsenic mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Gold, Tungsten, Arsenic
Lat, Long: 35.39944, -118.32472
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Gwynne Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gwynne Mine
Secondary: Gwynne-Jenette: Chief
Secondary: Jennete
Secondary: Dearborne
Secondary: Mace
Secondary: Deadtree
Secondary: Shasta
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Arsenic
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Green Mountain Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Otto And Jack Geringer, Mojave, California
Years: 1949 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TAILINGS ASSAYED $1.50/TON
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): MINE MARKED ON CLARAVILLE TOPO MAP
Comment (Geology): K4: GANGUE: QUARTZ, PYRITE, MARCASITE
Comment (Deposit): 3 NEARLY PARALLEL VEINS KNOWN AS THE GWYNNE, JENNETTE AND KERSEY. GWYNNE AND JENNETTE RANGE FROM 6 INCHES TO 2 FT IN THICKNESS. KERSEY VEIN 4-6 FT IN THICKNESS SCHEELITE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR MASSES IN GWYNNE VEIN.
Comment (Workings): GWYNNE DEVELOPED BY SHAFT 300 FT IN DEPTH, AND 2 TUNNELS UPPER TUNNEL 900 FT LONG. 100 FT BELOW LOWER TUNNEL DRIVEN FOR 2600 FT. 1600 FT FROM PORTAL, RAISE TO SURFACE. ANOTHER RAISE AT DISTANCE OF 2000 FT. KERSEY VEIN. SE OF GWENNE, DEVELOPED BY 600 FT TUNNEL DRIVE NORTH, 85 FT WINZE AND DRIFT NORTH FROM WINZE ON VEIN FOR 200 FT. ORE SHOOT DEVELOPED ON THIS LEVEL WAS 150 FT LONG, AVG 4 FT IN THICKNESS. JENNETTE VEIN DEVELOPED BY 150 FT CROSSCUT WITH DRIFT ON VEIN 700 FT WEST. 2 ORE SHOOTS WERE DEVELOPED, 300 FT IN LENGTH, FROM THESE WORKINGS. SKETCH MAP OF CLAIMS AND WORKINGS IN CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINING AND GEOLOGY VOL. 29, P. 308.
Comment (Deposit): 445 PATENTED ACRES. FORMERLY THE KERN COUNTY CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINES
References
Reference (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. 223-224, PL. 17
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 308-309.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINING AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 498, 499.
Reference (Production): TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1949) P. 224
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