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Lucky Hit Deposit

Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035286
MRDS ID M022584
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Hit Deposit
Alternate or previous names Buckhorn, Why Not
Related records 10285211

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.57898, 35.74359 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/4 MILES EAST OF CEDAR CREEK

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 19 California

Comments on the location information

  • N 1/2, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.57898, 35.74359
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Two Prominent Fractures Exposed In Adit, One Strikes N 45 W And Is Vertical, The Other Strikes N 15 W, Dips 30 Ne.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures In Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: META SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ARE MOSTLY SLATE, HORNFELS AND QUARTZITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1916 - 1920, 1954 - 1956

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • RECORDS INDICATE LESS THAN 100 TONS WAS MINED DURING 1954 - 1956

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 200 FT. LONG, 50 FT. WIDE WITH FACES 15 - 45 FT. HIGH. 20 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH A 42 FT. ADIT DRIVEN NORTHWARD.

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. 303 - 304, 318

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

Reporter information

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

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