The St. Lawrence Mine is a silver, antimony, and gold mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Silver, Antimony, Gold
Lat, Long: 35.35389, -117.62778
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St. Lawrence Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: St. Lawrence Mine
Secondary: St. Lawrence Rand Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Kern
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Frank W. Royer, Red Mountain, California
Owner Name: St. Lawrence Rand Mining Co.
Home Office: Bakersfield, California
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: PINCHES, SWELLS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation Down To 250 Ft As Measured Down Dip Of Vein.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Stephanite
Ore: Cerargyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): 2 PARALLEL VEINS, EACH 1-4 FT THICK. PRINCIPAL SILVER ORE FOUND ON 240 FT LEVEL. 200 FT EAST OF SHAFT. ORE SHOOT WAS 40 FT LONG, 4 FT WIDE. VEIN HAS STRONG WSALLS WITH STRONG DEVELOPMENT OF GOUGE AND SLICKENSIDES. VEIN MATTER IS A GRAY SILICEOUS MATERIAL, LOCALLY BRECCIATED.
Comment (Workings): 2 INCLINES SUNK ON K.C.N VEIN, NO. 1 275 FT DEEP. 67 DEG. INCLINATION. NO. 2 300 FT DEEP, WITH LEVELS OF 100, 200, 240 FT WITH SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET OF DRIFTS. PRINCIPAL SILVER ORE FOUND ON 240 FT LEVEL, ABOUT 200 FT EAST OF SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): K4:GANGUE:QUARTZ, CALCITE.
Comment (Deposit): 180 ACRES.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 25, P. 59.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULLETIN 95, P. 143.
Reference (Production): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL 25, P. 59.
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