The Hixson Lease is a mine located in Kern county, California at an elevation of 3,189 feet.
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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
Elevation: 3,189 Feet (972 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 35.20111, -118.51806
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Hixson Lease MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hixson Lease
Commodity
Tertiary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Tehachapi
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: John S. Broome
Years: 1958 -
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
Form: DISSEMINATED AND FRACTURE COATING
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Comments
Comment (Location): SW/4 SEC. 26
Comment (Deposit): DIKE IS 100 FT LONG BY 20 - 30 FT WIDE
References
Reference (Deposit): TROXEL, B. W. AND MORTON, P. K., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CDMG COUNTY REPORT 1
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