The Kelso Mine is a zinc 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
Satelite View
MRDS mine locations are often very general, and in some cases are incorrect. Some mine remains have been covered or removed by modern industrial activity or by development of things like housing. The satellite view offers a quick glimpse as to whether the MRDS location corresponds to visible mine remains.
Kelso Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kelso Mine
Secondary: Condor
Secondary: Cully and Hoyes
Secondary: Tejon Ranch
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
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
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 30 - 33 % ZN FROM TWO CLOSELY SPACED FRACTURES
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ZINC MINERALIZATION APPEARS TO HAVE PENETRATED THE LIMESTONE ALONG FRACTURES. THE TWO PRINCIPAL FRACTURES ARE 4 FT. APART AND A THIRD FRACTURE IS ABOUT 30 FT. FARTHER NE OF THEM.
Comment (Workings): LOWER, MIDDLE AND UPPER ADIT LOWER ADIT; THE NORTHEASTERN-MOST, 60 FT. LONG S 30 W. MIDDLE ADIT; A CROSSCUT 40 FT. TO THE SOUTH AT POINT 150 FT. SW AND 60 FT. HIGHER THAN LOWER ADIT. UPPER ADIT: 125 FT. ABOVE AND 250 FT. SW. OF MIDDLE ADIT, ITS 600 FT. LONG S 48 S., IN 1942 IT WAS CAVED AT 200 FT. FROM PORTAL.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE IS PRE-CRETACEOUS IN AGE, PALE BLUISH WHITE, WHERE NOT STAINED BY IRON OXIDES, AND MEDIUM TO COARSE GRAINED. IT CONTAINS INTRUSIVE BODIES OF MESOZOIC BIOTITE GRANITE. THE LIMESTONE BODY CROPS OUT OVER AN AREA OF SEVERAL SQUARE MILES WEST AND SOUTH OF KELSO MINE.
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 SEC. 23 , UTM EST.
Comment (Production): 1943 : SEVERAL TENS OF TONS OF ORE PRODUCED CONTAINING 17.5 % ZN, 1.97 OZ. AG AND A FEW LBS. OF PB AND CU.
References
Reference (Deposit): TROXEL, B.W. AND MORTON, P.K., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CA; COUNTY REPT. 1 ; CA. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 346 - 347
California Gold
"Where to Find Gold in California" looks at the density of modern placer mining claims along with historical gold mining locations and mining district descriptions to determine areas of high gold discovery potential in California. Read more: Where to Find Gold in California.
