Fernandez Group

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Tungsten
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212358
MRDS ID M022502
MAS/MILS ID 0060290571
Record type Site
Current site name Fernandez Group
Alternate or previous names Blue Max
Related records 10035226

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.97311, 35.70278 (WGS84)
Elevation 1800
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Owens Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles 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 025 S 037 E 35 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.97311, 35.70278

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Date of Last Modification 940628

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Indian Wells Cn

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 1, 1962, MAP NO.

  • Deposit

    571, P. 315.

  • Deposit

    CAUSEY & GAPS, 1985, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE LITTLE LAKE

  • Deposit

    CANYON, OWENS PEAK & OWENS PEAK WSA'S, INYO, KERN, &

  • Deposit

    TULARE COS., CA: USBM OFR MLA 2-85, P. 37.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-JUN-1994 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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