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Rimrock 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035259
MRDS ID M022544
Record type Site
Current site name Rimrock Mine
Related records 10212031

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.82093, 35.78553 (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

  • NE 1/4 SE 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.82093, 35.78553
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 E
    Dip VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones, Vertical

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE BODY IS 30 FT. WIDE BY 70 FT. LONG LIMESTONE IS COARSELY CRYSTALLINE. FEW HUNDRED FEET W - SW OF MINE WORKINGS A NW TRENDING ROOF PENDANT OF LIMESTONE, QUARTZITE AND SCHIST CROPS OUT OVER AN AREA OF 800 FT. WIDE, 1,200 FT. LONG.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name White River

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTED PRODUCTION IS LESS THAN 100 TONS, AVG. .5 - 1.0% WO3

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OPEN CUTS, A VERTICAL SHAFT 50 FT. WITH LEVELS AT 25, 35 AND 50 FT. OPEN CUTS ARE 70 BY 20 BY 15 FT., AND 30 BY 15 BY 20 FT. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS WERE INACCESIBLE IN LATE 1956.

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, 322

  • 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

Beyond USGS

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