The Nellie Dent and Contact Mine is a gold mine located in Kern county, California.
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Nellie Dent and Contact Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nellie Dent and Contact Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Cove Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: 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: 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: 50 FT ON THE CONTENT VEIN ASSAYED $5/TON IN GOLD.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): REPORTED BY A C.W. KEMPTON FOR THE CONTENT CLAIM. ALSO CLAIMED THAT DEPOSIT COULD BE WORKED BY OPEN CUT METHOD OF MINING.
Comment (Deposit): LOW GRADE VEIN FROM 40-100 FT THICK. MASSIVE OUTCROP OF QUARTZ, 50 FT THICK, OCCURS ON BOTH CLAIMS. ORE SHOOT 450 FT LONG.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT, 450-FT DRIFT AND STOPE 450 FT LONG.
Comment (Deposit): 54.3 ACRES PATENTED IN 1874. THESE WERE OLD CLAIMS THAT WERE LATER CONSOLIDATED INTO THE BIG BLUE MINE HOLDINGS.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 14, P. 505.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 20, P. 41.
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