The San Emidio is a iron mine located in Kern county, California.
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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
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San Emidio MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: San Emidio
Secondary: Kim B
Secondary: Two To One
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Kern
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: G. Breski And R. Cornell
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Coast Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. AREA EASILY ACCESSIBLE FROM NEW COUNTRY ROAD BETWEEN CUDDY VALLEY AND MILL POTRERO. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): S 1/2; UTM EST
Comment (Deposit): IRON CONTENT IN BANDS IS PROBABLY LOW, EXCEPT FOR LENSES AND LAYERS OF PURE MAGNETITE. SOME LAYERS RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 FT. THICK.
Comment (Workings): SMALL EXCAVATIONS
Comment (Geology): IRON-BEARING BRECCIATED METAMORPHIC ROCKS WHICH FORM DARK BANDS 30 TO 50 FT. WIDE AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG IN PALER METAMORPHIC ROCKS.
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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