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Tungsten Hill Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035244
MRDS ID M022525
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten Hill Group
Related records 10139230

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.52009, 35.52387 (WGS84)
Relative position 3/4 MILE NORTH OF HAVILAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miracle Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kern-Upper Tehachapi-Grapevine(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 028S 032E 03 California

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER E 1/2, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Wollastonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.52009, 35.52387
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault N 55 E, Dip 75 Se

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 65 E
    Dip SE
    Length 9.14M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clear Creek

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY SOME PRODUCTION FOR ONE ORE BODY, OTHER ORE BODY PRODUCED $10,000 IN SCHEELITE FROM ORE WITH AS MUCH AS 10% WO3

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED STOPE, OPEN AT TOP AND CONNECTED WITH VERTICAL SHAFT 40 FT DEEP. DRIFT EXTENDING FROM STOPE AREA ABOUT 75 FT. N 65 E.

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. 324

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENS OF TACTITE
Deposit CLAIMS OWNED BY THREE OWNERS.

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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