Ground Hog

Occurrence in Fresno county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035145
MRDS ID M022316
Record type Site
Current site name Ground Hog
Related records 10285458

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.2779, 36.98494 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Relative position 1/2 MILE FROM ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fresno(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trimmer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper King(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sierra 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 Fresno

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011S 025E 08 California

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result .3% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.2779, 36.98494

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M
    Length 3.66M
    Width 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENED BY TRENCH - EXPOSURE POOR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAUSKOPF, K.B., 1953; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF MADERA, FRESNO AND TULARE COUNTIES; SPEC. REPT. 35; DIV. OF MINES, P. 77

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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