White Rock Deposit

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Kaolin
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10236320
MAS/MILS ID 0060290073
Record type Site
Current site name White Rock Deposit
Alternate or previous names White Point Claims, Cornwall Claims, Williams Deposit, Jawbone Canyon Deposit, American Mineral Co., White Rock Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.09871, 35.28919 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
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

Cinco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(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 030 S 036 E 34 NENENE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.09871, 35.28919

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lawson Branch Est.; Lawson And Mathews Families
    ID 400534
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1984
  • Type Operator
    Owner Desert Mineral Inc.
    ID 400534
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Conservation Fund
    ID 400534
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, 1929, CJMG REPORT 25, P. 65.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER ET AL, 1949, CJMG V. 45, TP. 246, TABLE 277.

  • Deposit

    TROXEL & MORTON, 1962, CDMG KERN CO. REPT. 1, P. 75, 80.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 1, 1962, P. 75,

  • Deposit

    80-82.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 103, 1990/

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-91 Kuizon, Lucy U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 06/11/1985
MSHA mine ID0400534
Mine name (MSHA)P V Clay Mine
Current operatorPfizer Inc
Current controller (parent)Minerals Technologies Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

Authoritative California resources

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