Keyesville Mining District (Keysville Mining District), Kern Co., California, USAi
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Keyesville Mining District (Keysville Mining District) | Mining District |
Kern Co. | County |
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Key
Latitude & Longitude:
35° North , 118° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~142km
Locality type:
A Au mining area around the town of Keyesville (Keysville), and about 32 miles NE of Bakersfield. Gold was discovered here in 1852.
Keyesville is the correct spelling per the USGS GNIS database. Keysville is used in the literature.
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Standard Detailed Strunz Dana Chemical ElementsMineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities2 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 1 - Elements | |||
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β | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
β | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe7S8 |
List of minerals arranged by Dana 8th Edition classification
Group 1 - NATIVE ELEMENTS AND ALLOYS | |||
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Metals, other than the Platinum Group | |||
β | Gold | 1.1.1.1 | Au |
Group 2 - SULFIDES | |||
AmXp, with m:p = 1:1 | |||
β | Pyrrhotite | 2.8.10.1 | Fe7S8 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
S | Sulfur | |
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S | β Pyrrhotite | Fe7S8 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Pyrrhotite | Fe7S8 |
Au | Gold | |
Au | β Gold | Au |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Troxel, Bennie Wyatt & P.K. Morton (1962), Mines and mineral resources of Kern County, California: California Division Mines & Geology County Report 1, 370 pp.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 22 (map 2-12).
Localities in this Region
- California
- Kern Co.
- Keyesville Mining District (Keysville Mining District)
- Kern Co.
- California
- Kern Co.
- Keyesville Mining District (Keysville Mining District)
- Keyesville (Keysville)
- Morton prospect
- Nephi Mine (Nephi prospect)
- Nob Hill Mine (Nob Hill prospect; Barlindo)
- Opportunity Group of Mines (Opportunity Mine)
- Pennsylvania-Sunrise Group of Mines (Ana-Isabell claims; Pennsylvania claim; Pennsylvania vein; Sunrise vein; High Grade No. 1 claim; High Grade No. 2 claim)
- Pioneer Nos. 1 and 2 Placer Mines (Pioneer #1 and #2)
- Piute Consolidated Mine
- Rock Cabin Placer Mine
- Shoestring prospect [1]
- Virginia Mine
- Will Jean Mine (Will Jean prospect)
- Keyesville (Keysville)
- Keyesville Mining District (Keysville Mining District)
- Kern Co.
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Keyesville Mines placers, Keyesville, Keyesville Mining District, Kern Co., California, USA