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Silver Strand Prospect

Occurrence in Kern county in California, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035258
MRDS ID M022543
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Strand Prospect
Related records 10285374

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.54536, 35.76887 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES NE OF GREENHORN SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tobias Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kern(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sequoia National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025S 032E 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.54536, 35.76887
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SMALL OPEN CUTS 50 FT., BY 30 FT., AND TWO ADITS DRIVEN N 10 W, N 55 W. THE ADITS ARE 100 AND 150 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TROXEL, B. W., AND MORTON, P. K., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT 1, P. 323

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEAK NARROW TACTITE ZONE ADJACENT TO AN APOPHYSES CONTACT. ANOMYLOUS RADIOACTIVITY PROBABLY DUE TO PRESENCE OF RADON GAS OR RADIUM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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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