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China Lake

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Boron-Borates, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10139011
MRDS ID M055568
MAS/MILS ID 0060290931
Record type Site
Current site name China Lake
Alternate or previous names China Lake Deposit
Related records 10040709

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.652, 35.72108 (WGS84)
Elevation 658
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ridgecrest North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NAVY(Federal land areas administered by NAVY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025 S 040 E 35 NWNWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Tertiary
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.652, 35.72108
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT #1,

  • Deposit

    1962, #23, PAGE 66.

  • Deposit

    USGS CRIB LIST DATED NOV. 4, 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-AUG-1995 Raney/Ridenour U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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