The Ladd Mine is a gold mine located in Kern county, California at an elevation of 2,841 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,841 Feet (866 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.00806, -118.10333
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Ladd Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ladd Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Kern
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Ladd, O. H.
Home Office: Mojave, Ca
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYED $3.00/TON IN GOLD
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): TRENCH, 100 FT LONG BY 6 FT DEEP. NUMBER OF TRENCHES TO EAST, 10 FT APART FOR A QUARTER OF A MILE. 356 FT SHAFT WITH 25 FT CROSSCUT TO VEIN.
Comment (Geology): RHYOLITE FORMS SMALL BUTTE.
Comment (Deposit): SMALL FRACTURES, 6-8 INCHES WIDE, 4 FT BRECCIATED QUARTZ VEIN AND ANOTHER PARALLEL VEIN, 4 FT IN THICKNESS.
Comment (Deposit): 640 ACRES
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. 227, PL. 17
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