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Bill Waley Indian Allotment

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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035181
MRDS ID M022356
Record type Site
Current site name Bill Waley Indian Allotment
Alternate or previous names Jhb, Tom Cat
Related records 10117253

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.11984, 36.64967 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NORTH FROM SOUTH END OF DRUM VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miramonte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fresno(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 015S 026E 02 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
Garnet Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE AVG. 1% WO3

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) -119.11984, 36.64967
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST
    Dip NORTH
    Length 60.96M
    Width 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE PENDANT IS 800 FT. LONG AND 40 FT. WIDE IT TRENDS EAST AND DIPS STEEPLY NORTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OPEN CUTS AND SHALLOW SHAFTS

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. 349.

  • Deposit

    KRAUSKOPF, K.B., 1953; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF MADERA, FRESNO, TULARE COUNTIES; DIV. OF MINES, SPEC. REPT., 35, P. 80.

  • Production

    KRAUSKOPFI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ENTIRE EASTERN END OF PENDANT IS REPLACED BY TACTITE, NEARLY BARREN OF SCHEELITE. ANOTHER ZONE ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF PENDANT IS ALSO SPARSELY MINERALIZED.

Reporter information

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

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