Antimony Peak Mine

Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107763
MRDS ID D001902
Record type Site
Current site name Antimony Peak Mine
Alternate or previous names San Emigdio Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.10093, 34.86666 (WGS84)
Relative position SAN EMIGDIO NEAR TOP OF ANTIMONY PEAK, APPROX. 40 MILES SOUTH OF BAKERSFIELD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cuddy Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuyama(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(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)

Federal lands

Los Padres National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 009N 021W 09,10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Analytical data

Result CU - .02%, PB - .05%, AU - TR., AG - .18 OZ/TON
Result AVERAGE SB - 2.5% (53 FT. LENGTH), 4.8% SB (6.1 FT. WIDTH)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.10093, 34.86666

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Andreas Fault
Type of structure Local
Structure description Antimony Peak Fault, Mine On Se End Of This Steep Thrust Fault; Antimony Peak Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form PODS OR KIDNEY SHAPED
    Length 762M
    Width 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Antimony Peak Area

Comments on the production information

  • NO PROD. FROM 1915 - 1916; TOTAL PROD. AND RESOURCES: 1,000 - 10,000 (EST.) (USGS MR - 20)

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES COVER COMPLETE ANTIMONY PEAK ZONE

Comments on the workings information

  • LENGTH AND WIDTH ARE FOR ALL OF ANTIMONY PEAK ZONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WHITE, D. E., 1962, ANTIMONY OF U.S.: USGS MR - 20

  • Deposit

    REPORT BY WHITE, D. E. AND MYERS, W. H., THE ANTIMONY PEAK AREA: UNPUB. USGS FILE DATA

  • Production

    UNPUB. USGS FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Miller, M. H. 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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