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Avenal Canyon and Fair View Properties

Past Producer in Kings 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040717
MRDS ID M055576
Record type Site
Current site name Avenal Canyon and Fair View Properties
Alternate or previous names Francis Claim, Segregation, Summit
Related records 10260490

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.23486, 35.9169 (WGS84)
Elevation 488

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 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • W/2 NW/4 SW/4 NW/4 SEC. 22

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.23486, 35.9169
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years EARLY 1930'S

Mining district

District name Parkfield (Table Mountain)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY...SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - SUMMARY OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1955 - 1961: VOL. III, SO. PACIFIC. CO., SAN FRANCISCO, 94105.

  • Production

    SO. PACIFIC CO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CAVED (1964)

Reporter information

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

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