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Baker Lease

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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008685
MRDS ID D001021
Record type Site
Current site name Baker Lease
Related records 10117722

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.98427, 36.33329 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 AIRLINE MILES SE OF LEMON COVE

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 18S 28E 30 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.98427, 36.33329
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones Fractures And Folds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TWO PROMINENT SET OF FRACTURES ARE MINERALIZED ONE STRIKES N60 TO 70 W, THE OTHER N40E, LIMESTONE GENERALLY STRIKES N50 TO 75E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1954

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE - NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE. GRADE OF ORE RANGED FROM 0.5 TO 1.5% WO3

Comments on the workings information

  • SIX LARGE OPEN CUTS AND ONE SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1958; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, TULARE COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 54, NO. 3, P. 348-349.

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J.G.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY WAS UNDER DEVELOPMENT DURING SUMMER 1954 GOOD SHOWINGS WERE BEING DEVELOPED AT FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. WORK WAS SUSPENDED ABOUT SEPT. 1954
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS AND GENERAL SILICIFICATION ARE MORE PROMINENT THAN SILICATION OF LIMESTONE IN VICINITY OF ORE. SCHEELITE AND QUARTZ APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED AT THE SAME TIME.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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