The Operator Consolicated Mine is a silver and gold mine located in Kern county, California.
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Operator Consolicated Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Operator Consolicated Mine
Secondary: Phoenix
Secondary: Operator
Secondary: Divide
Secondary: Styx Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Kern
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Operator Consolidated Mines, San Francisco, California
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
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VALUES VARY FROM A FEW DOLLARS TO $25/TON
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): PHOENIX VEIN DEVELOPED BY INCLINE WITH 6 LEVELS, 2000 FT OF DRIFTS. STYX CLAIM HAS 400 FT CROSSCUT, TO VEIN WITH 100 FT ORE SHOOT, 6-12 FT WIDE, FINGER WINZES.
Comment (Deposit): 7 CLAIMS. 140 ACRES
Comment (Production): FREE-MILLING ORE. FIGURE FROM PHOENIX MINE. 35,000 TONS OF ORE. OPERATOR DIVIDE TAILINGS DUMP AT JOHANNESBURG WAS TREATED, WHERE 3500 TONS YIELDED $2/TON.
Comment (Deposit): 5 VEINS, 2-12 FT IN THICKNESS. IN PLACES, ALONG WALLS OF VEINS, RHYOLITE AND DIABASE DIKES OCCUR. VEINS HAVE WELL DEVELOPED HANGING WALLS, WHICH COMMONLY GRADE.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 95, P. 140.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 321.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 36, P. 35.
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