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El Diablo Mine

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035247
MRDS ID M022528
Record type Site
Current site name El Diablo Mine
Alternate or previous names Jackpot, Pappy, Tungsten Queen
Related records 10188401

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.4712, 35.71387 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NW OF WOFFORD HTS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Isabella North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 025S 033E 31 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.4712, 35.71387
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zones In General Peripheral To A Body Of Granodiorite That Penetrates The Roof Pendant

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS CONSISTS OF QUARTZ-BIOTITE-EPIDOTE SCHIST, QUARTZITE, HORNFELS AND MINOR GARNET TACTITE HORNFELS AND QUARTZITE ARE MASSIVE IN PART GRANITIZED AND CUT BY QUARTZ VEINLETS NEAR CONTACTS WITH GRANODIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1952 - 1956

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Period - 1956
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Avg. .5% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL GLORY HOLES AND OPEN CUTS AS MUCH AS 75 FT. LONG, 25 FT. WIDE AND 20 FT. DEEP. THE GLORY HOLES BOTTOM IN RAISES FROM THE HAULAGE LEVEL DRIVEN 212 FT. N 45 E FROM PAVED ROAD.

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. 298, 315

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

Reporter information

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

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