The Whitmore Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
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Whitmore Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Whitmore Mine
Secondary: Claims: Whitmore No. 2
Secondary: No. 2
Secondary: No. 3
Secondary: No. 4
Secondary: No. 5
Secondary: No. 6
Secondary: No. 7
Secondary: Whitmore Extension
Secondary: Antique
Secondary: Antique Extension
Secondary: Valley.
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Mojave Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Whitmore Mines, Inc.
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: 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
Analytical Data: 300 FT SHAFT HAD ASSAYS OF $6-$50/TON IN GOLD, SILVER. 100-FT SHAFT ASSAYED $10-$20/TON.
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): 3 SHAFTS, 300, 280 AND 100 FT DEEP. 300-FT SHAFT HAD LEVELS AT 100 AND 200 FT. A LARGE PART OF BROKEN ORE WAS SLABBED FROM FOOT AND HANGING WALLS OF OLD STOPES, WHICH WERE WIDENED FROM 6 FT TO 10 FT.
Comment (Geology): K4:GANGUE: QUARTZ, PYRITE; SERIES OF MINOR FAULTS (NW-SE) DISPLACES VEIN(S). DISPLACEMENT VARIES FROM 3-10 FT.
Comment (Deposit): 10 CLAIMS. PART OF TROPICO MINES HOLDINGS. 160 ACRES.
Comment (Location): MINE ON STANDARD HILL
Comment (Production): FREE-MILLING ORE.
Comment (Deposit): 4 PARALLEL VEINS ALONG RHYOLITE PORPHYRY DIKES. THICKNESS OF VEINS RANGES FROM 2-6 FT. ORE SHOOT DEVELOPED WAS 700 FT LONG, 7 FT THICK. ON 300-FT LEVEL, THE ORE SHOOT APPARENTLY WAS BROKEN INTO SHORT LENSES, WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN WEDGES FORMED BY FAULTS. SIMILAR CONDITION ENCOUNTERED AT TROPICO MINE.
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 (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 334-335.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 19, P. 162-163.
Reference (Production): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 31, P. 484.
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