The Sailor Boy Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Kern county, California.
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Sailor Boy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sailor Boy Mine
Secondary: Silver Bow
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Mojave Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Colberg, Gus And More, C. C.
Home Office: Mojave California
Years: 1929 -
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
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, 2-3 FEET THICK.
Comment (Location): 4 MI S MOJAVE
Comment (Workings): CROSSCUT ADIT DRIVEN 100 FT TO VEIN, WITH DRIFT SOUTH 200 FT ON VEIN, DRIFT NORTH FOR 50 FT NEAR POINT WHERE VEIN IS CROSSCUT ORE WAS TOPED FOR A DISTANCE OF 75 FT. A WINZE WAS SUNK TO A DEPTH OF 50 FT AT THIS POINT.
Comment (Deposit): 4 CLAIMS. 80 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 282.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 25, P. 47.
Reference (Production): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 510.
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