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Tungsten Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold
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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 10035269
MRDS ID M022559
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten Mountain Mine
Related records 10260937

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.7009, 35.33888 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 1/4 MILES SW OF RANDSBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johannesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(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 030S 040E 09 SW California

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AS HIGH AS 6% WO3, BUT MOSTLY 1% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.7009, 35.33888
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 65 - 70 E
    Dip STEEPLY SOUTH
    Width 0.18M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • TUNGSTEN PRODUCTION UNDETERMINED, MAYBE SOME GOLD PRODUCED

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL EAST-DRIVEN DRIFT ADITS FROM 50 - 240 FT. LONG, 3 SHALLOW VERTICAL SHAFTS

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. 325

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR SMALL MASSES AND CRYSTAL IN QUARTZ AND WALL ROCK. SCHEELITE PENETRATES WALL ROCK SEVERAL INCHES. STRINGERS OCCUR IN ZONE ABOUT 1/2 MILE LONG.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 14-MAR-1994 Mosier, D.L. U.S. Geological Survey CORRECTED LAT.-LONG., SEC. FRACTION.
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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