The Josephine Mine is a gold mine located in Kern county, California.
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Josephine Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Josephine Mine
Secondary: Claims: Josephine N O. 1 and Josephine No. 2
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Clear Lake Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Tom Smith, Bodfish, 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
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Production): MINE REPORTED TO HAVE PRODUCED SOME HIGH-GRADE ORE. NO SPECIFIC RECORDS FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN 6-18 INCHES IN THICKNESS
Comment (Workings): 25 FT TUNNEL ON JOSEPHINE NO. 2; CROSSCUT WITH 70 FT DRIFT AND STOPE TO SURFACE ON JOSEPHINE NO. 1. 2 SHAFTS ON NO. 3 CLAIM.
Comment (Location): MINE MARKED ON TOPO MAP WEST OF BODFISH CANYON
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 36, P. 328.
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. 226, PL. 17. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 36, P. 328.
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