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Stardust

Occurrence in Kern 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008624
MRDS ID D000941
Record type Site
Current site name Stardust
Related records 10163553

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.28424, 35.59998 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF WELDON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woolstalf Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Kern(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sequoia National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027S 035E 20 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW CORNER UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result PROBABLY LESS THAN 1% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.28424, 35.59998
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR TO LENTICULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ROOF PENDANT COMPOSED OF DARK MICA SCHIST, LAYERED HORNFELS AND TACTITE IS 200 FT. LONG AND 100 FT. WIDE. IT IS BORDERED BY A "SHELL" OF HORNBLENDE GABBRO, THEN ENCLOSED BY QTZ. MONZONITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • NO ORE PRODUCED BY 1958

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT DRIVEN S 30 E FOR APPROX. 100 FT., AND TWO OPEN CUTS 15 FT. EACH, ONE OPEN CUT IS 10 FT. DEEP, THE OTHER 15 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TROXEL, B. W., AND MORTON, P. K., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT 1, P. 307 - 308, 322.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1979 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

Beyond USGS

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