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Tulare County Tungsten

Past Producer in Tulare county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008572
MRDS ID D000878
Record type Site
Current site name Tulare County Tungsten
Alternate or previous names Big Jim
Related records 10263513

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.91761, 36.28329 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position IN CANYON EAST OF CHICKEN COOP CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chickencoop Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Three Rivers(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kaweah(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tulare

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019S 028E 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result BEST ORE 10% WO3, AVG. 0.7% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.91761, 36.28329
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 80W TO VERTICAL
    Width 24.38M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1942-1955 (CONTINUOUSLY)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NE EDGE OF TACTITE DISPLAYED LARGE TONNAGE OF LOW-GRADE ORE 0.3 TO 0.5% WO3, EXTENT NOT DETERMINED

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT 60 BY 80 FT. BY 100 FT. DEEP. A 450 FT. ADIT WAS DRIVEN NORTH BENEATH MINERALIZED ZONE, ABOUT 150 FT. LOWER IN ELEVATION THAN RIM OF OPEN PIT. ANOTHER OPEN CUT AT NE END OF TACTITE BODY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1958; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, TULARE COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 54, NO. 3, P. 365-365.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M.; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 386-388.

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J.G.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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