USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Kern County
Los Angeles
Unconfirmed Clay Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Kern
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Clay
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former clay deposit/mine located in sec. 11, T9N, R13W, SBM, 0.6 km (0.4 mile) ENE of Tropico Hill (coordinates of record), on/near a NE outlyer of the hill. Owned by the Burton Brothers Corporation Tropico Mine, Rosamond, California (1981). MRDS dat…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 35 shaft symbols
- 27 adit symbols
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Operators / organizations
- Burton Brothers Corp. Tropico Mine, · Source-reported owner · 1981
Commodities & minerals
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped shaft symbols (35)
- mapped adit symbols (27)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 80230
Supports:
- locality identity
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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