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Mineralite-Azurite Group

Occurrence in Kern 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035227
MRDS ID M022503
Record type Site
Current site name Mineralite-Azurite Group
Related records 10139615

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.23758, 35.6172 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MILES S-SE OF WELDON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cane Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Kern(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027S 035E 21 California

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF N 1/2, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.23758, 35.6172
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Cross Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 W
    Dip 45 - 60 SW
    Width 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PEGMATITE DIKES CROSS THE TACTITE LAYERS AT APPROX. RIGHT ANGLES. LAYERS ARE LOCALLY OFFSET A FEW FEET ALONG CROSS FAULTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY NO PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS AND TRENCHES IN ZONES 400 FT. APART

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TROXEL, B. W., AND MORTON, P. K., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT 1, P. 320

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE OCCURS AS TWO PENDANTS OF BIOTITE-QUARTZ-FELDSPAR SCHIST.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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