Summit Lime Co.

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103227
MRDS ID M022492
Record type Site
Current site name Summit Lime Co.
Related records 10260514

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.44674, 35.0861 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tehachapi South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kern-Upper Tehachapi-Grapevine(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(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 012N 015W 34,35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IMPORTANT SOURCE OF LIME

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Strike N 60 W
    Dip 45 SW
    Length 4.57M
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1940 - 1943

Comments on the production information

  • MINOR PRODUCTION 1940 - 1943 PRINCIPAL POD OF ORE WAS ABOUT 900 LBS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TROXEL, B. W., AND MORTON, P. K., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT 1, P. 323

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRINCIPAL POD OF ORE WAS FOUND ABOUT 1940 AT INTERSECTION OF VEIN AND GENTLY-DIPPING STRINGERS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 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.

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.