The Iconoclast Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
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Iconoclast Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iconoclast Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Kern
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Coulston Estate, Pasadena, Calif.
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: ORE ON DUMP SAID TO RUN $30/TON (1914)
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 40 ACRES. PATENTED.
Comment (Location): ON ERSKINE CREEK
Comment (Production): IN ADDITION TO ORE MILLED ON PROPERTY, SEVERAL SHIPMENTS WERE MADE TO HOOPER'S MILL AT HOBO HOT SPRINGS.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 6 INCHES TO 4 FT THICK. SCHIST HANGING WALL, GRANITE FOOTWALL.
Comment (Workings): IT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY TWO TUNNELS, THE UPPER BEING 250 FT. IN LENGTH, THE LOWER TUNNEL 60 FT. BELOW, HAS BEEN DRIVEN 525 FT. AT ABOUT 250 FT FROM THE PORTAL OF LOWER TUNNEL, A WINZE HAS BEEN SUNK TO APPROXIMATELY 50 FT. IN DEPTH. AN ORE SHOOT ABOVE THIS WINZE WAS STOPED BETWEEN TUNNELS FOR A LENGTH OF 50 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 36, P. 327.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 497.
Reference (Production): CJMG VOL 36, P 327
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