The Fickert - Durnal Prospect is a mercury mine located in Kern county, California at an elevation of 3,150 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: 3,150 Feet (960 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 35.19917, -118.51583
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Fickert - Durnal Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fickert - Durnal Prospect
Secondary: Fickert-Durnal Property
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Tehachapi
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: John S. Broome
Years: 1958 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): PRODUCTION ONLY UNDER HIGH PRICES
Comment (Location): SE/4 SW/4 SEC. 26
Comment (Production): PRODUCED A FEW FLASKS IN 1960, 1961
Comment (Deposit): SW/4 SW/4 SEC. 26 (BRADLEY)
References
Reference (Deposit): TROXEL, B. W. AND MORTON, P. K., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CDMG COUNTY REPORT 1.
Reference (Deposit): HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.
Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY, W. W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 78.
Reference (Production): USBM MINERALS YEARBOOKS
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