Lake Castaic

The Lake Castaic is a iron and tin mine located in Kern county, California.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Lake Castaic

State:  California

County:  Kern

Elevation:

Commodity: Iron, Tin

Lat, Long: 34.82583, -118.78778

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Satelite image of the Lake Castaic

Lake Castaic MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Lake Castaic


Commodity

Primary: Iron
Primary: Tin


Location

State: California
County: Kern
District: Gorman


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Tejon Ranch Co.


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): PROBABLY ONE OF THE TIN PROSPECTS IN THE GORMAN DISTRICT (NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE) THE BUTLER, DUNTON AND MEEKE PROSPECTS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Location): LOCATION NOT CONFIRMED; LOCATION IS PROJECTED: UTM EST.


References

Reference (Deposit): TROXEL, B.W. AND MORTON, P.K., 1962; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES KERN COUNTY, COUNTY REPT. 1; CA. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 210


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