Mine detail: Fickert - Durnal Prospect

Previously called 'Fickert-Durnal Property'

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Location: Kern County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.19916, -118.51675
dep_id: 10040693
mrds_id: M055552
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Cinnabar
gangue: Pyrite
ore_ctrl: Hanging Wall Of Dike
Reporter: Gassaway, J. S.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Shear Zone
prod_yrs: 1917, 1960-1961
References:
  • Deposit:: TROXEL, B. W. AND MORTON, P. K., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CDMG COUNTY REPORT 1.
  • Deposit:: HOLMES, G. W., JR., 1965, MERCURY IN CALIFORNIA: IN USBM IC 8252.
  • Deposit:: BRADLEY, W. W., 1918, QUICKSILVER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: CDMG BULL. 78.
  • Production:: USBM MINERALS YEARBOOKS
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