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Sonny Boy Prospect

Occurrence in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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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 10035246
MRDS ID M022527
Record type Site
Current site name Sonny Boy Prospect
Related records 10212212

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.24897, 35.57415 (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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
027S 035E 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX. CENTER, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GREEN COPPER OXIDE STAINING IS LOCALLY ABUNDANT

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.24897, 35.57415
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, LENTICULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TACTITE BODIES ARE LOCALLY SURROUNDED BY RIND OF HORNBLENDE GABBRO THEN BY QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZED AND HAND TRENCHED

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. 323

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE RANGE FROM FEW FEET TO SEVERAL TENS OF FEET IN MAX. DIMENSION.

Reporter information

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

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