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Redwood Canyon

Past Producer in Tulare county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper, Silver, Gold
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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. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008676
MRDS ID D001011
Record type Site
Current site name Redwood Canyon
Alternate or previous names Barton
Related records 10214684

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.86761, 36.64995 (WGS84)
Elevation 1600
Relative position IN REDWOOD CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Muir Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Whitney(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)

Federal lands

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tulare

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 15S 28E 02 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH-GRADE ORE; ORES OF COPPER, SILVER AND GOLD HAVE BEEN FOUND.

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N35W
    Dip 55-80 SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone 5-6 Ft. Thick

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GRANITE IS IN PART PEGMATITIC AND IS THOUGHT TO BE A DIFFERENTIATE OF THE MAIN MASS AND PROBABLY CLOSELY RELATED TO THE DEPOSITION OF SCHEELITE IN THE ADJACENT ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1943-1944

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period 1943-1944
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 8wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE SHIPPED TO METALS RESERVE CO., ORE REPORTED TO BE REFRACTORY. PRODUCTION IS NOT CLEAR FROM THE REFERENCES.

Comments on the workings information

  • 40 FT. SHAFT AND A FEW TRENCHES

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. 450.

  • Deposit

    JENKINS, W.P., 1943; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NE OF VISALIA; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39, NO. 2, P. 179-182.

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J.G.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXPOSED IN 40 FT. SHAFT AND A FEW TRENCHES
Deposit 12 FT. BELOW SURFACE THE ORE ZONE IS THOROUGHLY LEACHED AND VERY POROUS, LITTLE SCHEELITE IN THIS AREA. AT A POINT 12 FT. BELOW ORIGINAL SURFACE, HIGH-GRADE SCHEELITE ORE OCCURS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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