The Mammouth Prospect is a mercury mine located in Kern county, California at an elevation of 4,101 feet.
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
Elevation: 4,101 Feet (1,250 Meters)
Commodity: Mercury
Lat, Long: 35.255, -118.11139
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Mammouth Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mammouth Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Tehachapi
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Harvey And Mildred Crawford
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: TABULAR
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.025 PERCENT HG, OR LESS
Materials
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Aragonite
Comments
Comment (Production): 2 CHAMBER FURNACE, 2 RETORTS (1958)
Comment (Location): NE COR SEC 10
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ROOF PENDANT (SEPTUM) IN GRANITIC ROCK
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.
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