The St. John Mine is a gold, antimony, arsenic, and lead mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Gold, Antimony, Arsenic, Lead
Lat, Long: 35.45056, -118.21861
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St. John Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: St. John Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Antimony
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Lead
Location
State: California
County: Kern
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Struss, Karl
Years: 1949 -
Owner Name: Ross W. Prout And W. H. Curtis (San Fernando, California)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1875
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Stibnite
Comments
Comment (Production): LINE 7: BY CYANIDATION
Comment (Development): OLD PROPERTY ORIGINALLY WORKED IN 1870'S BY SENATORS JONES AND STEWART OF NEVADA.
Comment (Deposit): VEIN, FAULTED IN MANY PLACES. BOTH LONGITUDINALLY AND TRANSVERSELY.
Comment (Location): 2 MILES SOUTH OF SAGELAND.
Comment (Workings): PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED BY THREE SHAFTS. THE WESTERNMOST OR MAIN SHAFT IS YPP FEET DEEP. AT A POINT 175 FEET EAST IS A 350 FOOT SHAFT, WHICH CONNECTS AT THE 300 FOOT LEVEL WITH A THIRD SHAFT WHICH WAS 160 FEET FARTHER EAST. DEVELOPMENT WORK WAS CARRIED ON THROUGH THE 350 FOOT SHAFT. THE 350- FOOT LEVEL WAS UNDER WATER. PUMPING WAS DONE 15 FEET ABOVE THIS LEVEL WITH A NO. 6 CMERON PUMP DRIVEN BY AIR. ON THE 300 FOOT LEVEL A DRIFT WAS DRIVEN 135 FEET NORTHWEST FROM THE SHAFT, AT WHICH POINT OLD WORKINGS WERE ENCOUNTERED. SOME GOOD ORE, A FAULTED SEGMENT OF THAT FORMERLY WORKED WAS FOUND IN THIS DRIFT. ORE WAS WORKED IN TWO MILLS NEAR TUNNEL SPRINGS.
Comment (Geology): K4:GANGUE:QUARTA; SEVERAL APLITE DIKES, 2-3 FT IN THICKNESS, AND MONZONITE DIKE 3-20 FT THICK. ONE SET OF TRANSVERSE FAULTS TRENDS EAST AND DIPS VERTICALLY; THE OTHER TRENDS N57E AND DIPS 55-60S. THE LONGITUDINAL FAULTS APEAR PARALLEL TO VEIN AND DIP TO 60S. THEY ARE BOTH POST-MINERAL AND PRE-MINERAL TRANSVERSE FAULTS MOSTLY POST MINERAL. DISPLACEMENT RANGE FROM 3-150 FT.
Comment (Deposit): 8 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. 160 ACRES.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1870S
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. 233, PL. 17
Reference (Production): TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1949)
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