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Credow Mountain

Past Producer in Tulare county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008694
MRDS ID D001032
Record type Site
Current site name Credow Mountain
Related records 10141439

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.8676, 35.91664 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES NE OF FOUNTAIN SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gibbon Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Deer-Upper White(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 23S 29E 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2 SW 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME COPPER STAINING ALONG MINOR CROSS-FAULTS.

Materials information

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

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) -118.8676, 35.91664
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Drag Folds Or Overturning Adjacent To Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE FORMS SMALL PART OF METAMORPHIC PENDANT COMPOSED PREDOMINANTLY OF QUARTZ-HORNBLENDE-DIOPSIDE SCHIST, PENDANT HAS MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 2500 FT., TRENDS N70W, DIPS NEAR VERTICAL WITH OVERTURNING (OR DRAG FOLDING) ALONG FAULT CONTACT WITH GRANDIORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1951-1955 INTERMITTENTLY

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period -1955
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • SIX OPEN CUTS ALONG NW END OF LIMESTONE POD. MAXIMUM DEPTH OF LARGEST PIT IS 20 FT., ADJACENT CUT ONLY 10 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. 353-355

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J.G.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS RELATED TO FAULTING
Deposit ORE APPEARS TO CONTINUE AT DEPTH AND TO PLUNGE STEEPLY NE.

Reporter information

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

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