Black Jack

Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Tin
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033749
MRDS ID M020394
Record type Site
Current site name Black Jack
Related records 10183696

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.39898, 35.63248 (WGS84)
Relative position FOLLOW HIGHWAY 178 TO A POINT 3 MI. E. OF ISABELLA, THEN 1.5 MI S. AND W. BY ROUGH COUNTRY ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Isabella North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Kern(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 Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026S 033E 26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result DUMP SAMPLE ASSAYED 22 LBS. TIN PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.39898, 35.63248

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZED ZONE IS IN LIMESTONE, AND OUTCROPS IRREGULARLY AS GOSSAN OVER A DISTANCE OF 2,000 FT., IN A GENERAL E.-W. DIRECTION. LEAD, ZINC AND TIN ORE IS PRESENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Isabella

Comments on the production information

  • 30 TONS OF LEAD-ZINC ORE SHIPPED TO GARFIELD SMELTER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INV. REPT. 3876 PP. 4 -

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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