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Top of the World

Occurrence in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008630
MRDS ID D000949
Record type Site
Current site name Top of the World
Related records 10188332

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.51759, 35.26666 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oiler Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kern-Upper Tehachapi-Grapevine(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.51759, 35.26666
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STIBNITE BEARING VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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