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River Rock Co. Pit

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver
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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 10285247
MAS/MILS ID 0060290818
Record type Site
Current site name River Rock Co. Pit
Alternate or previous names River Rock Co Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.93093, 35.44918 (WGS84)
Elevation 165
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oil Center(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(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 028 S 028 E 35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.93093, 35.44918
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 1, 1962, NO. 505,

  • Deposit

    P. 276.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, V. III-

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, P. 28.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Raney, Russell G. 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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