USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Kern County
Soledad Mountain Deposit
Unconfirmed Silver Underground
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Kern
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Silver
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
- California DMR status
- ACTIVE
- Reclamation status
- RECLAMATION NOT STARTED
- DMR report year
- 2025
Also known as
- Karma, Bobtail, Golden Queen, Queen Esther, Silver Queen, Soledad Extension, Starlight, Echo, Gray Eagle, Elephant
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A Ag-Au-Cu-Pb-Sb deposit located in sections 5, 6, 7, 8 & 18, T10N, R12W, SBM, on and around Soledad Mountain, about 5 miles S of Mojave. It was discovered in 1894. Although this property would be mined in the future for its gold, it is dominantly a…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 78 shaft symbols
- 104 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
California state reporting
- Operator: GOLDEN QUEEN MINING CO., INC.
- Report year: 2025
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Golden Queen Mining Company, Ltd. · Historical operator
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Calcite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Argentite
- Cerargyrite
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Gold
View all 10 reported minerals
- Calcite
- Pyrite
- Quartz
- Argentite
- Cerargyrite
- Chalcopyrite
- Galena
- Gold
- Proustite
- Stibnite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (78)
- mapped adit symbols (104)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
California DMR Mines Online
Type: California state mining record
Record: 91-15-0098
Supports:
- operation status
- reclamation information
- reporting year
- operation type
A DMR match does not by itself prove underground workings.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 80502
Supports:
- locality identity
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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