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Mines and Mining Resources for Southern California

Map of Kern County

Map of Southern California counties, with Kern highlighted.

Print Resources

  • Mines and mineral resources of Kern County, California. C.D.M.G. County Report 1. [1962]
  • Gold resources of Kern County. California Journal of Mines and Geology, v. 29, p. 271-339 [1933]
  • Tin deposits of the Gorman district, Kern County, California. California Journal of Mines and Geology, v. 42, p. 31-52 [1946]
  • Geology of the Big Blue group of mines, Kernville, California. California Journal of Mines and Geology, v. 36, p. 379-421 [1940]
  • Mineral resources of the Kernville quadrangle. California Journal of Mines and Geology, v. 36, p. 322-333 [1940]
  • Geology of the Kramer Borate district, Kern County, California. California Journal of Mines and Geology, v. 42, p. 325-378 [1946]
  • Geology and ore deposits of the Randsburg quadrangle. C.D.M.G. Bulletin 95 [1925]
  • Gold mining in the Randsburg quadrangle, California. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 430, p. 23-47 [1910]
  • Mineral resource potential of the Rockhouse Basin Wilderness Study Area [Kern and Tulare Counties]. C.D.M.G Special Report 157 [1986]
  • Geology of the Saltdale quadrangle, California and mineral deposits of the Saltdale quadrangle. C.D.M.G. Bulletin 160 [1952]
  • Mining activity at Soledad Mountain and Middle Buttes, Mojave mining district, Kern County. California Journal of Mines and Geology, v. 31, p. 465-485 [1935]
  • Geology of the Willow Springs and Rosamond quadrangles. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1089-C [1963]

Mineral Resources of the Wilderness Study Areas

  • El Paso Mountains. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1708-C [1985]
  • Owens Peak. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1705-A [1986]
  • Owens Peak & Little Lake Canyon. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1708-B [1985]
  • Rockhouse area Kern/Tulare Counties. U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1705-E [1989]
  • Scodies Roadless area. U.S.G.S. OFR 83-510 (fiche)

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