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Pala Ranch 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035284
MRDS ID M022581
Record type Site
Current site name Pala Ranch Mine
Related records 10163911

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.5987, 35.72554 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES WEST OF WOFFORD HEIGHTS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alta Sierra(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Poso(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sequoia National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 025S 032E 25 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SW 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz 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

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE TRENDS N 65 W, IS PART OF LARGE ROOF PENDANT. LIMESTONE-DIORITE CONTACT IS PARTLY CONCEALED BY A CAPPING OF CEMENTED LIMESTONE RUBBLE 5 FT. THICK WHICH OVERLIES THE DIORITE. QTZ. VEINLETS AND SHEARED PEGMATITE DIKES CUT THE BRECCIATED LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1950'S (EARLY)

Mining district

District name Greenhorn Tungsten

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1950
    Period 1950'S
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Avg. .3% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 0wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • IRREGULAR OPEN CUT APPROX. 50 FT. BY 20 FT. AND 15 FT. DEEP IN WHICH TWO SHORT ADITS ARE APPENDED. CROSSCUT DRIVEN 70 FT. N 3 W THEN 50 FT. S 60 W IS 50 FT. SOUTH OF THE OPEN CUT.

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. 305-307, 321

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GARNET CONCENTRATIONS ARE LARGELY CONFINED TO THE BORDERS OF THE PEGMATITE DIKES.

Reporter information

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

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