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Rosamond Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Feldspar, Silica, Stone
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10260841
MAS/MILS ID 0060290899
Record type Site
Current site name Rosamond Mine
Alternate or previous names Rosamond Feldspar, Rosamond Feldspar and Silica, No.W. Sweetser, Townsend Feldspar and Silica

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.2006, 34.9019 (WGS84)
Elevation 769
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

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 012 W 06 SWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Tertiary
Silica Primary
Stone Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.2006, 34.9019
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner N. W. Sweetser, P. O. Box 445, Rosamond, Ca.
    Home office California
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 1, 1962, P. 265-

  • Deposit

    266.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, V. III-

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, P. 74.

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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