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Laurel Group of Mines

US / CA
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Laurel Group of Mines is a historic mining site in Kern, California, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. USGS records describe a Replacement deposit hosted in Limestone. Reported specimens include Chalcopyrite, Copper, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite; logged ore minerals are Chalcopyrite, Gold, Sphalerite.

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ChalcopyriteCopperGoldSilverSphalerite

Geology and deposit

Deposit type
Replacement
Host rock
Limestone
Associated rock
Quartz Monzonite
Ore minerals
ChalcopyriteGoldSphalerite
Ore control

Limestone-Schist Contact

Mining history

Status
Past Producer
Production size
Small

Records and references

Cited references

CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL 36, P. 329-330. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 29, P. 314.

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10104163view the source record

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Coordinates: 35.66887, -118.40536

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