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Tungstore No. 2 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035257
MRDS ID M022541
Record type Site
Current site name Tungstore No. 2 Mine
Related records 10114914

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.81926, 35.77886 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES SE OF WHITE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White River(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Deer-Upper White(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 029E 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, UTM ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.81926, 35.77886
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MOST OF EXPOSED PART OF PENDANT IS TACTITE, ALSO PRESENT IS RECRYSTALLIZED LIMESTONE AND SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1940 AND 1943, 1956

Mining district

District name White River

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AN ESTIMATED 30,000 TONS OF TAILINGS AT ADJOINING MILLSITE ARE A POSSIBLE FUTURE SOURCE OF TUNGSTEN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT S 15 E FOR 125 FT., GLORYHOLE WAS DEVELOPED. LATER ORE WAS MINED FROM A PIT-LIKE EXCAVATION 100 FT. WIDE, 300 FT. LONG AND 50 FT. DEEP. A 10 BY 10 FT. SUMP WAS SUNK 20 FT. INTO FLOOR OF PIT. 40 FT. WINZE WAS SUNK AT 45 DEG SW IN TACTITE. 15 FT. SHAFT SE OF RIM OF PIT

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. 310-311, 325

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE MASS 50-100 FT. WIDE MORE THAN 300 FT. LONG. ORE WAS CONCENTRATED IN A ZONE NEAR CENTER OF TACTITE, IT WAS 10-30 FT. (?) WIDE.
Deposit ADDITIONAL ORE BODIES PROBABLY CAN BE DEVELOPED IN THE UNEXPLORED TACTITE IN THE WALLS AND FLOOR OF THE PIT. NO DIAMOND DRILLING HAS BEEN DONE IN THESE AREAS.

Reporter information

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

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