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Austin Group

Occurrence in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Manganese, Tungsten
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10034161
MRDS ID M020871
Record type Site
Current site name Austin Group
Related records 10138879

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.7984, 35.41971 (WGS84)
Relative position 3/4 MILE NW OF GARLOCK, IN CANYONS ON SE SLOPE OF EL PASO MTS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garlock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029S 039E 16,09 California

Comments on the location information

  • E 1/2 SEC. 16 , AND S 1/2 SEC. 9 UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TUNGSTEN REPORTED BY OWNER IN 1955 .

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 30 - 50 NE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plane Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS AND CROSS CUT ADITS. ADIT IN SEC. 16 IS DRIVEN N 10 W AND IS PROBABLY A FEW HUNDRED FEET LONG. TWO ADITS WITH MODERATE DUMPS IN BOTTOM OF CANYON IN SEC. 9 , AND SEVERAL SHAFTS 200 - 500 FT. UP SLOPES OF CANYON WALLS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TROXEL, B.W. AND MORTON, P.K., 1962 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CA; COUNTY REPT. 1 , CA. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 85

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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