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West End Field

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035271
MRDS ID M022561
Record type Site
Current site name West End Field
Related records 10187729, 10236070

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.63895, 35.31082 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 1/2 MILES S - SE 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)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(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 24 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.63895, 35.31082
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike WEST
    Dip MODERATELY NORTH

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Atolia

Comments on the production information

  • TUNGSTEN VEIN FOUND IN THE GARDNER SHAFT. SEVERAL TENS OF FEET NW OF THE O'NEILL SHAFTS. NOT SURE ANY PRODUCTION TOOK PLACE.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS 1916. PRINCIPAL SHAFTS, O'NEILL SHAFTS, THEY ARE 60 FT. APART. THEY EXTEND 50 FT. TO BASE OF ALLUVIUM, 20 FT. TO AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL THEN TO LOWER LEVEL AT UNDETERMINED DEPTH. LOWER LEVEL EXTENDS 195 FT. NORTH AND 110 FT. SE. THE SUN SHAFT IS 127 FT. IN ALLUVIUM, THEN 48 FT. IN BEDROCK WITH CROSSCUT AT BOTTOM.

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 - 326

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS ARE EXPOSED ABOUT 1,500 FT. EAST OF THE O'NEILL SHAFTS.

Reporter information

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

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