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Atolia District

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Antimony, Mercury
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000012
MRDS ID D001064
Record type District
Current site name Atolia District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.61759, 35.31669 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(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
United States California San Bernardino

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) HYDROTHERMAL

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.61759, 35.31669
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description NORTH-DIPPING FAULTS STRIKING N 75 DEG E TO N 75 DEG W.
Type of structure Regional
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description GARLOCK FAULT; RAND MTN. FAULT BLOCK

Controls for ore emplacement

  • PRE-MINERAL FAULTING

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1904
Discoverer George Gaylord, Pat Burns
Year of first production 1905

Mining district

District name ATOLIA DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner ATOLIA MINING CO.
  • Type Operator
    Owner HOEFLING BROS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    HULIN, D.C., 1925, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RANDSBURG QUADRANGLE, CALIF., CALIF. STATE MIN. BUR. BULL. 95.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M. AND DORR, J.V.N., 2ND., 1940, TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE ATOLIA DISTRICT, SAN BERNARDINO AND KERN COUNTIES, CALIF., USGS BULL. 922-H, P.205-245.

Beyond USGS

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

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