The Lamont Extension Pit is a gold mine located in Kern county, California at an elevation of 3,924 feet.
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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
Elevation: 3,924 Feet (1,196 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 35.3481, -117.64500
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Lamont Extension Pit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lamont Extension Pit
Secondary: Randsburg
Secondary: Baltic Mine Project
Secondary: Rand Mining Company
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Randsburg
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Patented
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Rand Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1992
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: 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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): AS OF 1995, LAMONT WAS DEPLETED BUT LAMONT EAST EXTENSION WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PERMITTING.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): AS OF 6-30-95, ORE RESERVES FOR LAMONT PIT WERE AS FOLLOWS: 18,030,000 PROVEN TONS WITH A GRADE OF 0.021 AND 920,000 PROBABLE TONS WITH A GRADE OF 0.020. THE STRIPPING RATIO IS 1.67:1 (GLAMIS GOLD 1995 ANNUAL REPORT-FRONT COVER).
References
Reference (Deposit): ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ASSOC., 1992, BALTIC MINE PROJECT,
Reference (Deposit): KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: DRAFT EIS/EIR.
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