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Lake Castaic

Occurrence in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Iron, Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036144
MRDS ID M024200
Record type Site
Current site name Lake Castaic
Related records 10261136

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.7887, 34.82583 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES NE OF GORMAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lebec(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 009N 018W 33 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION NOT CONFIRMED; LOCATION IS PROJECTED: UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Tin Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.7887, 34.82583
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gorman

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tejon Ranch Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TROXEL, B.W. AND MORTON, P.K., 1962; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES KERN COUNTY, COUNTY REPT. 1; CA. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 210

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY ONE OF THE TIN PROSPECTS IN THE GORMAN DISTRICT (NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE) THE BUTLER, DUNTON AND MEEKE PROSPECTS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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