College Girl Group

Occurrence in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095233
MRDS ID M020879
Record type Site
Current site name College Girl Group
Alternate or previous names Confidence
Related records 10236567

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.81868, 35.40971 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NW OF GARLOCK, MESQUITE CYN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garlock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(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 029S 039E 17 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.81868, 35.40971

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones And Bedding Plane Shears

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSITS HAVE BEEN PROSPECTED BY NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS, SHAFTS, CROSSCUTS ADITS, AND DRIFT ADITS ALONG MESQUITE CYN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TROXEL, B.W. AND MORTON, P.K., 1962 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CA; COUNTY REPT. 1 , CA. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 85

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SIMPSON, R.J., 1933 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIV.; 29TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CA. DIV. OF MINES, P. 296 - 297

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRINCIPAL MINERALIZATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH IRON-STAINED QUARTZ IN SHEARS, MINERALIZATION SPARSE IN 200 FT. WIDE BELT PARALLEL TO BEDDING PLANES OF SCHIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 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.

Authoritative California resources

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