The Mispah-Montana Claims is a silver and gold mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
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Mispah-Montana Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mispah-Montana Claims
Secondary: Claims: Mispah Extension
Secondary: Montana Fraction
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Rand Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mispah-Montana Mining Co.
Production
Year: 1925
Time Period: To 1925
Material type: ORE AG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^100 Oz/Ton Ag, $20/Ton Au
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
Type: L
Description: Stockwork
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG. ASSAYS WERE FROM $7-$9/TON
Materials
Ore: Miargyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 2 COMPARTMENT SHAFT WITH DRIFTS ON 100, 200, 500 AND 700 FT LEVELS, AMOUNTING TO SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF HORIZONTAL WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): 2 PARALLEL VEINS, 8-12 INCHES THICK. VEIN MATERIAL CONSISTS OF A DARK GRAY SILICEOUS FILLING MORE OR LESS BRECCIATED. 2 SMALL BUNCHES OF ORE CARRYING HIGH SILVER VALUES WERE ENCOUNTERED ON THE 100 FT LEVEL NEAR SHAFT. NUMEROUS SMALLER VEINLETS UP TO 2 INCHES THICK.
Comment (Geology): KR: GANGUE: QUARTZ, PYRITE, STUBNITE
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOLGY, VOL. 25, P. 57-58.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 19, P. 167-168.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 95, P. 138.
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