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Owl 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035285
MRDS ID M022582
Record type Site
Current site name Owl Mine
Alternate or previous names Wood-Owl
Related records 10187694

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.55481, 35.75331 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/4 MILES NE OF GREENHORN SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tobias Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kern(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 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • E 1/2, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

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) -118.55481, 35.75331
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures Which Strike Nw

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ROOF PENDANT STRIKES NW, IS ABOUT 4,000 FT. LONG, 200 FT. WIDE WITH MAX. WIDTH OF 2,000 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1940-1944

Mining district

District name Greenhorn Summit Tungsten Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period - 1944
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.5-1.0% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MOST OF PRODUCTION DONE IN 1941

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE 100 FT. ADITS DRIVEN SOUTH AT 40 FT. VERTICAL INTERVALS, ONE SURFACE 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. 321

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE ORE SHOOT EXTENDS 30 FT. ALONG STRIKE, IS 15 FT. WIDE AND 20 FT. IN VERTICAL EXTENT. TWO PARALLEL ORE STREAKS WERE 4 FT. WIDE AND SEPERATED BY 8 FT. OF MARBLE.

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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