The Valley View Mine is a gold mine located in Kern county, California.
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Valley View Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Valley View Mine
Secondary: Claims: Havilah
Secondary: San Pedro
Secondary: Arizona
Secondary: Monrovia
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Valley View Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Valley View Mining Co.
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: 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 (Workings): NO.1 AND NO. 2 VEINS ARE DEVELOPED BY TUNNELS. TUNNEL NO. 1 IS DRIVEN NORTHEAST ON THE VEIN 385 FEET. NO 2 VEIN, WHICH IS 24 FEET WEST OF NO. 1 VEIN, IS DEVELOPED BY A TUNNEL DRIVEN NORTHEAST 90 FEET. ABOUT 200 FEET NORTH OF THE PORTAL OF NO. 1 TUNNEL A SHAFT IS SUNK ON NO. 1 VEIN TO A DEPTH OF 90 FEET.
Comment (Geology): K4:GANGUE: QUARTZ
Comment (Deposit): A TOTAL OF 16 CLAIMS, OF WHICH THE 4 INDICATED WERE PATENTED.
Comment (Location): ON RIDGE NORTH OF CLEAR CREEK
Comment (Deposit): 9 PARALLEL VEINS, EACH FROM 4-6 FT IN THICKNESS
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. 236, PL. 17
Reference (Production): TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1949)
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