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South Fork Kern River Placers

Prospect in Tulare county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10287352
MAS/MILS ID 0061070308
Record type Site
Current site name South Fork Kern River Placers
Alternate or previous names Woodpecker Rare Ii Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.19122, 35.89858 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rockhouse Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Kern(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sequoia National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Domeland Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tulare

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023 S 035 E 27 NWSE California

Comments on the location information

  • THIRTY-FIVE UNPATENTED PLACER MINING CLAIMS HAVE BEEN STAKED ALONG THE COURSE OF THE SOUTH FORK OF THE KERN RIVER AND TRIBUTARY STREAMS IN SEC 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 26,. 27, 34, AND 35 T. 23 S., R. 35 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.19122, 35.89858
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 10-81, 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-SEP-1992 Spear, James M. 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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