Fairview and French Avalloch Group

Occurrence in Kings county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040715
MRDS ID M055574
Record type Site
Current site name Fairview and French Avalloch Group
Alternate or previous names Fairview Group
Related records 10261041

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.24014, 35.89663 (WGS84)
Elevation 594

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kings(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garza Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Paso Robles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Luis Obispo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kings

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023S 016E 28 California

Comments on the location information

  • SW/4 SEC. 28 { LOCATION TO CENTER OF QUARTER SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.24014, 35.89663

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Parkfield (Table Mountain)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    JENNINGS, C. W., 1953, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KINGS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CJMG VOL. 49 NO. 3

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY, W. W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL 78.

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.

Authoritative California resources

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