Kergon Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10187931
MRDS ID M030148
MAS/MILS ID 0060290694
Record type Site
Current site name Kergon Mine
Alternate or previous names Kergon:Buckeye Group, Kergon Mine Great Lakes Chemical Co, Kergon-Buckete
Related records 10037054

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.56622, 35.56858 (WGS84)
Elevation 756
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miracle Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(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)

Federal lands

Sequoia 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
Mount Diablo 027 S 032 E 20 NW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.56622, 35.56858

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 1, 1962, P. 329-

  • Deposit

    330.

  • Deposit

    USGS-MRDS/GSC ID, LIST AS OF JUNE 94.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-AUG-1995 Raney, Russell G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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