USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Kern County
Slosser Shaft
Mindat Confirmed Boron-Borates Underground 1 mapped shaft
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Kern
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Boron-Borates
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former B-borate occurrence/mine located in sec. 22, T11N, R8W, SBM, 1.4 km (0.9 mile) WSW of West Baker, between the tailings ponds and water tanks of the Kramer pit complex (located claim). MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 100 mete…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 2 source records.
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features · Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
- Shaft : Boron , 1973
View individual source records (4)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Shaft
Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field. -
Shaft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: A former B-borate occurrence/mine located in sec. 22, T11N, R8W, SBM, 1.4 km (0.9 mile) WSW of West Baker, between the tailings ponds…
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
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 (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 80493
Supports:
- locality identity
- underground workings
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