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Fickert - Durnal Prospect

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Mercury
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040693
MRDS ID M055552
Record type Site
Current site name Fickert - Durnal Prospect
Alternate or previous names Fickert-Durnal Property
Related records 10115042

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.51675, 35.19916 (WGS84)
Elevation 960
Relative position 1 MI E OF TEHACHAPI LOOP ON S.P.R.R.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keene(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kern-Upper Tehachapi-Grapevine(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 031S 032E 26 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE/4 SW/4 SEC. 26

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCTION ONLY UNDER HIGH PRICES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.51675, 35.19916
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip NE
    Width 5.49M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hanging Wall Of Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1917, 1960-1961

Mining district

District name Tehachapi

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John S. Broome
    First year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED A FEW FLASKS IN 1960, 1961

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.

  • Deposit

    BRADLEY, W. W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 78.

  • Production

    USBM MINERALS YEARBOOKS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SW/4 SW/4 SEC. 26 (BRADLEY)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1975 Gassaway, J. S. U.S. Geological Survey

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