The Pride of Mojave Mine is a gold mine located in Kern county, California.
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Pride of Mojave Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pride of Mojave Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Mojave Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Sieman, Alfred
Home Office: Bakersfield, Ca
Owner Name: Calkins, C. C.
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: 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 $7-50/TON IN GOLD
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): PRIDE OF MOJAVE SHAFT A 65 DEGREE INCLINE 265 FT DEEP; DESERT QUEEN SHAFT 400 FT ON 70 DEGREE INCLINATION; FOUR STAR SHAFT, 400 FT, VERTICAL. LEVELS AT 70, 13 AND 230 FT ON PRIDE OF MOJAVE SHAFT WITH A TOTAL OF 4000 FT OF WORKINGS ON 300 FT LEVEL OF FOUR STAR SHAFT, A 365 FT CROSSCUT TO DESERT QUEEN VEIN WITH 220 FT DRIFTS RAISE, OTHER CROSSCUTS AND DRIFTS ON OTHER LEVELS.
Comment (Deposit): 65 ACRES
Comment (Deposit): VEIN AVG 4 FT IN THICKNESS
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 36, P. 35-36
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