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Kergon

Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Uranium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107626
MRDS ID D000366
Record type Site
Current site name Kergon
Alternate or previous names Buckeye Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.56759, 35.56665 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR LAKE ISABELLA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miracle Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(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)

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 027S 032E 20 California

Comments on the location information

  • ABOVE LAT. AND LONG. ARE AN APPROX. CENTRAL POINT FOR AFRICA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilsemannite Ore
Jordisite Ore
Pitchblende Ore

Analytical data

Result BLACK ORE SAMPLE CONTAINED 1.84% MO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.56759, 35.56665
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • AMPHIBOLITE (SIERRA LEONE).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1: LIDELITZ

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1: FOR VAAL REGION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MACKEVETT, E., 1960, GEOL. AND ORE DEPOSITS OF KERN RIVER URANIUM AREA: USGS BULL. 1087-F

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN SIERRA LEONA TWO AREAS WERE STUDIED DALAKARU AND WOROWAIA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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