The Jennette-Grant Claims is a antimony, arsenic, zinc, and gold mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Antimony, Arsenic, Zinc, Gold
Lat, Long: 35.50944, -118.35611
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Jennette-Grant Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Jennette-Grant Claims
Secondary: Jeannette-Grant Mining Company
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Green Mountain Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Jennette-Grant 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
Analytical Data: SCHIST SAMPLES CUT IN TUNNEL FOR DISTANCE OF 350 FT REPORTED TO HAVE AVERAGED $3.50/TON IN GOLD
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SERIES OF VEINS 1.7 FT IN THICKNESS. MAYFLOWER VEIN UP TO 4 FT
Comment (Workings): PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT ON JENNETTE GROUP OF CLAIMS: 550 FT CROSSCUT DRIVEN S70E IN LIMESTONE. DRIFT RUN 350 FT NE IN SCHIST. 100 FT FROM PORTAL, DRIFT INTERSECTS MAYFLOWER VEIN. ON GRANT GROUP OF CLAIMS EAST OF BRIGHT STAR MINE: 125 FT SHAFT, 70 FT TUNNEL DEVEL. STIBNITE VEIN.
Comment (Geology): K4: GANGUE: QUARTZ
Comment (Deposit): 24 CLAIMS
Comment (Location): ON A RIDGE EAST OF ERSKINE CREEK
Comment (Production): 4 FT VEIN AVERAGED $6/TON IN GOLD. NO OTHER PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 36, P. 328.
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. 225-226, PL. 17.
Reference (Production): TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1949
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