The Pennsylvania-Sunrise Group of Mines is a gold mine located in Kern county, California.
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Pennsylvania-Sunrise Group of Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pennsylvania-Sunrise Group of Mines
Secondary: Ana-Isabell Claims: Pennsylvania
Secondary: Sunrise
Secondary: High Grande No. 1, No. 2
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Keyes Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: W. B. Walker, Keyesville, California
Owner Name: Kanthier, C. B.
Home Office: Los Angeles, CA
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
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): ADJOINS MAMMOTH GROUP ON THE WEST
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENTS ON THE PENNSYLVANIA VEINCONSIST OF INCLINE SHAFT SUNK ON THE VEIN TO A DEPTH OF 210 FT. ABOUT 300 FT IN ELEVATION BELOW THE COLLAR OF THIS SHAFT, A CROSSCUT DRIVEN NORTHWEST TO INTERSECT THE PENNSYLVANIA VEIN AT A POINT 300 FT NORTHEAST OF THE SHAFT. THIS TUNNEL HAS BEEN ADVANCED 850 FT IN GRANITE. AT AN ELEVATION OF 80 FT ABOVE THIS TUNNEL THERE IS A TUNNEL DRIVEN SOUTHWEST ON THE SUNSHINE VEIN A DISTANCE OF 800 FT.
Comment (Deposit): 4 CLAIMS
Comment (Production): ORE MILLED FROM PENNSYLVANIA VEIN STATED TO CARRY $150/TON IN GOLD. FROM 20 TONS OF ORE. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): 2 PARALLEL VEINS PENNSYLVANIA AND SUNRISE 10 INCHES TO 2 FT IN THICKNESS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 322.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 25, P. 45.
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