Valuable minerals were discovered all across Kern County. Many of these discoveries results in the organization of mining districts. Click on the district for more information (if transcribed).

Known mining districts:

• Clear Creek
• Cove
• El Paso Mountains
• Erskine Creek
• Garlock
• Greenhorn Mountain
• Kern River
• Keyseville
• Long Tom
• Loraine (Amalie)
• Mojave-Rosamond
• Piute Mountains
• Rademacher
• Rand (split with San Bernardino County)
• Tehachapi
• White River (split with Tulare County)