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Grey Fox

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008682
MRDS ID D001018
Record type Site
Current site name Grey Fox
Alternate or previous names Three Rivers
Related records 10238828

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.83427, 36.38329 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Relative position REACHED VIA S. FORK KAWEAH FROM THREE RIVERS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Case Mountain(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 18S 29E 09 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

Analytical data

Result ZONE 3 TO 4 FT. WIDE CONTAINED 3.5 TO 1.0% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.83427, 36.38329
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip VERTICAL
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: STRIKE OF THE CONTACT ROUGHLY PARALLELS THAT OF THE BEDDING IN THE MARBLE, N15W, DIP VERTICAL, FOR INTERVALS ALONG ITS STRIKE THE MARBLE IS CUT BY STRONG SHEAR ZONES FOLLOWING CROSS-FRACTURES, OR CROSS-FORNTS, WHICH ARE NORMAL TO GRANITE CONTACT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period 1943
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPPED ORE DURING 1943, ACTIVE DURING 1955-1956 - NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE, GRADE ORE 0.5 TO 1.5% WO3

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE ADITS TO A DEPTH OF 125 FT.

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. 445

  • Deposit

    KRAUSKOPF, K.B., 1953; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF MADERA, FRESNO, TULARE COUNTIES; DIV. OF MINES, SPEC. REPT. 35, P. 81

  • Deposit

    JENKINS, W.O., 1943; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NE OF VISALIA; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39, NO. 2, P. 178

  • 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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