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Mammouth Prospect

Occurrence in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040705
MRDS ID M055564
Record type Site
Current site name Mammouth Prospect
Related records 10163921

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.1123, 35.25499 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position 3 - 1/2 MI WSW OF CINCO, 1 - 1/4 MI S OF CHUCKWALLA MTN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cinco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 031S 036E 10 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE COR SEC 10

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Aragonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.025 PERCENT HG, OR LESS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.1123, 35.25499
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 50 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 0.46M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip VERTICAL

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ROOF PENDANT (SEPTUM) IN GRANITIC ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tehachapi

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harvey And Mildred Crawford
    First year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • 2 CHAMBER FURNACE, 2 RETORTS (1958)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 1.83M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TROXEL, B. W. AND MORTON, P. K., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CDMG COUNTY REPORT 1.

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, J. S. 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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