| Deposit ID | 10139639 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W017736 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0060290012 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Antimony Peak Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | San Emigdio-Antimony Mine, Antimony Rare Ii, San Emigdio Mine |
| Related records | 10110501 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.11373, 34.88029 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1890 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Kern(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pleito Hills(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Kern |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 009 N | 021 W | 10 | C | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Antimony Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Stibnite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -119.11373, 34.88029 |
|---|
| Strike | N40W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 55S | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 4.7M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 140M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 70M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 20HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1853 |
| Year of first production | 1888 |
| District name | San Emigdio |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tenneco Oil Exploration And Production Co.. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Arizona |
| Year | 1982 |
| Year | 1882 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 54 Metric Tons Of Ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1911 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | 227 Metric Tons Of Ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 156000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 156000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 221000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 377000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1983 | ||||||||||||||
| Indicated | 109000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 109000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 209000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 318000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 1222M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall depth | 122M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0060290012 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W017736 | MAS references MRDS |
BOWERS, S., 1888, VENTRUA COUNTY IN EIGHT ANNUAL REPORT OF
THE STATE MINERALOGIST: CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU
P. 680-681.
JERMAIN, G.D., 1941, REPORT ON THE ANTIMONY PEAK PROJECT:
U.S. BUR. OF MINES STRATEGIC MINERALS PROJECTS SECTION
UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 39.
ENGEL, A.L., 1949, DENSE MEDIUM AND FFLOTATION TESTS ON AN
ANTIMONY ORE FROM CALIFORNIA: U.S. BUR. OF MINES REPORT
OF INVESTIGATION 4616, P. 6.
JERMAIN, G.D., AND S. RICKER, 1949, INVESTIGATION OF
ANTIMONY PEAK, KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. BUR. OF
MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4505, P. 5.
ANUE, Q.A., 1957, ANTIMONY IN CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA: U.S.
BUR. OF MINES UNPUBLISHED REPORT, P. 65.
TROXEL, B.W., AND P.K. MORTON, 1962, MINES AND MINERAL
RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. MINES
AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 1, P. 51-52.
PEMBERTON, H.E., 1972, ANTIMONY PEAK; A RERUN OF A FIELD
TRIP, 110 YEARS LATER: THE MINERALOGIC RECORD, V. 3, NO.
2, P. 78-81.
PLUNKERT, P.A., 1981, ANTIMONY IN MINERALS YEARBOOK, V. 1,
P. 93-101.
KUIZON, L., 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ANTIMONY RARE II
AREA, KERN AND VENTURA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA: U.S. BUR.
OF MINES FILE REPORT, P. 14-27.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 31-MAR-1991 | Stebbins | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
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