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Stardust

Past Producer 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035228
MRDS ID M022504
Record type Site
Current site name Stardust
Alternate or previous names Dorris and Cuddeback Prospect Star Dust and Black Cat Mine.
Related records 10285154

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.24897, 35.63526 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTH OF WELDON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Onyx(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027S 034E 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF WEST BOUNDARY, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SOME LAYERS CONTAIN SEVERAL PERCENT WO3, MOST IS LESS THAN 1% WO3.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.24897, 35.63526
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip STEEPLY SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TWO ROOF PENDANTS UNDERLIE MINE AREA THE TACTITE ZONE IN THE SE PENDANT STRIKES N 40 W, THE OTHER STRIKES N 60 W BOTH DIP STEEPLY SOUTHWEST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the workings information

  • SE ZONE, SE DRIFT ADIT, FEW TENS OF FEET TO THE WEST IS A SHAFT, 90 FT. NW OF COLLAR IS PORTAL TO DRIFT ADIT DRIVEN N 60 W, 80 FT. NW OF PORTAL IS AN OPEN CUT

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. 307, 323

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

Reporter information

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

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