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Avenal Gap Mine

Past Producer in Kings county in California, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10236648
MRDS ID M008860
MAS/MILS ID 0060310006
Record type Site
Current site name Avenal Gap Mine
Alternate or previous names Avenal Gap, Holloway, Glen C. Archer
Related records 10030618

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.99516, 35.86966 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kings(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Avenal Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Delano(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tulare Lake Bed(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 Kings

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 024 S 018 E 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.99516, 35.86966
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 47, 1951, P. 331.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, P. 292.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 163, 1962, P. 56.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-NOV-1990 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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