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Avenal Gap

Occurrence in Kings county in California, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030618
MRDS ID M008860
Record type Site
Current site name Avenal Gap
Related records 10236648

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -119.9952, 35.8546 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kings(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Avenal Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Delano(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tulare Lake Bed(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kings

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024S 018E 02,03,11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) Pliocene marine rocks
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1947

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner H. M. Holloway

Comments on the production information

  • MINING COMMENCED IN 1947. IN 1952 MATERIAL WAS SOLD FOR $1.50 PER TON AT THE MINE. ACTIVE 1954-57, 1958.

Comments on the workings information

  • OVERBURDEN STRIPPED WITH CARRYALLS AND GYPSITE LOADED DIRECTLY ON TRUCKS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 49, NO. 3, JULY 1953, P. 292, 294 & PL. 4

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL. 163, P. 56-57

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MIN. YEARBOOK, 1954-57, VOL. 3 (COUNTY REPORT); ADD. REF.: USBM MIN. YEARBOOK, 1958, V. 3, P. 181; DOM BULL. 155, P. 117, 118

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE UPPER 2 FEET OF THE DEPOSIT IS A HARD GRAY MATERIAL COMPOSED OF SILT CONTAINING STREAKS AND SPOTS OF FINELY DIVIDED GYPSUM. THE LOWER 4 FT. IS FINE-GRAINED, SOFT, YELLOWISH-WHITE GYPSITE THAT CONTAINS A LITTLE CALCIUM CARBONATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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