USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Kern County
Suckow Discovery Well and Shaft
Mindat Confirmed Boron-Borates Underground
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Kern
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Boron-Borates
- Verification
- Mindat Confirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former B (borate) occurrence/mine located 2.1 km (1.3 miles) WSW of West Baker and 7.6 km (4.72 mi) NW of Boron. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 10 meters. Note: This site is now covered by the main tailings ponds of the open pi…
Additional documented workings
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Shaft
— documented in 1 source record.
Mindat
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 shaft symbol
View individual source records (3)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
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Shaft
Documented in Mindat locality data. Evidence: A former B (borate) occurrence/mine located 2.1 km (1.3 miles) WSW of West Baker and 7.6 km (4.72 mi) NW of Boron. MRDS database stat…
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Mindat Confirmed
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why confirmed?
Mindat locality corroborates underground workings.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
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 (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 80526
Supports:
- locality identity
- underground workings
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