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California · Kern County

Rattle Snake Group

Unconfirmed Lead Mixed Underground / Surface

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Key facts

State
California
County
Kern
Development status
Occurrence
Mine type
Mixed underground / surface
Primary commodity
Lead
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A Pb-Ag-Cu-Au occurrence located in sec. 32, T29S, R38E, MDM, 2.4 km (1.5 miles) NNW of Red Buttes (coordinates of record), along the W margin of the El Paso Mountains (E margin of Indian Wells Valley) (about 5 miles N of Saltdale). MRDS database state…

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Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 1 shaft symbol
  • 7 adit symbols
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • USGS MRDS working type: Surface/Underground
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Surface/Underground · work_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

Source records document both underground and surface mining.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Occurrence

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Quartz
  • Galena
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Galena
  • Native Gold
  • Quartz

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (1)
  • mapped adit symbols (7)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 80420

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (3)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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