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Kern River Pit

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10260700
MAS/MILS ID 0060291242
Record type Site
Current site name Kern River Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.03673, 35.36078 (WGS84)
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

Gosford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Taft(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 Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029 S 028 E 03 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.03673, 35.36078
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Webster Sand, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-MAR-1991 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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