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Tropico

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10188214
MRDS ID W023997
MAS/MILS ID 0060290359
Record type Site
Current site name Tropico
Alternate or previous names Big Three, Big Tree, Fairview, Hamilton, Lida
Related records 10076776

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.232, 34.8783 (WGS84)
Elevation 731
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

Soledad Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(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
Mount Diablo 009 N 013 W 11 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.232, 34.8783
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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. 124-

  • Deposit

    125.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, V. III-SOUTHERN

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA, 1964, P. 50.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Raney, Russell G. 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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