The Gold Wash Mine is a silver and tungsten mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
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Gold Wash Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold Wash Mine
Secondary: Ben Hur
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Kern
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
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: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED CLAIM, MOST OF DEVELOPMENT WENT TOWARD SEARCH OF RICH SILVER VEINS.
Comment (Location): SE 1/4, UTM EST.
Comment (Production): SCHEELITE PRODUCTION UNDETERMINED BUT PROBABLY ONLY A FEW UNITS FROM SMALL IRREGULAR WORKINGS ON SURFACE NW FROM SHAFT COLLAR.
Comment (Workings): 400 FT. SHAFT WITH 1,735 FT. OF HORIZONTAL WORKINGS ON THREE LEVELS SOME SURFACE CUTS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: BLUISH-GRAY SILICEOUS SCHIST
References
Reference (Deposit): TROXEL, B. W., AND MORTON, P. K., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT 1, P. 316
Reference (Production): TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962
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