The Exposed Treasure Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Kern county, California.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Exposed Treasure Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Exposed Treasure Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Kern
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Commodity): PROPERTY ORIGINALLY WORKED FOR GOLD AND SILVER
Comment (Location): UTM APPROX., TOPO SHOWS BUTTE IN SEC. 32 . BULL. 152 AND 125 SAY DEPOSIT IS IN SECS. 19 AND 20
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE BODIES ASSOCIATED WITH FAULT ZONES IN RHYOLITE PORPHYRY. THREE PERIODS OF FAULTING ARE TRACEABLE. METALLIC SULPHIDES AND SILICA ARE DEPOSITED IN DEEPER ZONES AND CALCITE IMPREGNATED WITH IRON AND MANGANESE OXIDES IN UPPER ZONES. CARBONATE WAS LEACHED NEAR THE SURFACE LEAVING DEPOSITED OF MANGANESE AND IRON IN A MATRIX OF SILICA.
References
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 152 1950 P. 84
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 125 1943 P. 66
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