Facts
- MSHA status
- Active since Jan 4, 2016
- Type
- Surface
- County
- Kern County
- State
- California
- Land status (BLM data)
- Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management
- Nearest town
- kern
- Employees reported
- 179
- Operator
- Golden Queen Mining Company
- Coordinates
- 35.0089, -118.1808
- MSHA mine ID
- 0405319
Source: MSHA Mines data set, retrieved 2026-10-13. Status and counts can lag real operations.
This location is mapped as federal land. Public land is not an invitation to enter a working mine or old workings. Ask the managing agency about access, claims and closures.
History and geology (USGS)
- USGS site name
- Yellow Dog Mine
- USGS status
- Producer
- Commodities
- Gold, Silver
Matched by location to the USGS Mineral Resources Data System record 10076782 (retrieved 2026-10-13). The database was last updated around 2011, so history may be out of date.