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Osdick Group

Past Producer in San Bernardino 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035306
MRDS ID M022605
Record type Site
Current site name Osdick Group
Alternate or previous names Big Ben, Skylark
Related records 10213183

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.69564, 35.30416 (WGS84)
Relative position ADJOINS ATOLIA COMPANY ON THE EAST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bena(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tulare Lake Bed(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030S 041E 20,21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Miocene nonmarine rocks
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ALLUVIUM 20 TO 60 FT. DEEP COVERS SURFACE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1915 - 1917, 1916 - 1918

Mining district

District name Atolia

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION OF NEARLY $250,000 FROM SKYLARK VEIN AND ADJACENT PLACER DEPOSITS - NO PRODUCTION FROM BIG BEN VEIN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 57M

Comments on the workings information

  • SKYLARK EXPLORED TO DEPTH OF 167 FT., BIG BEN EXPLORED TO DEPTH OF 187 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D. M., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 347 - 348.

  • Deposit

    PARTRIDGE, F. J., 1941, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, NO. 2, P. 288 - 289.

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 122.

  • Production

    WRIGHT, L. A., 1953

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS
Deposit FURTHER EXPLORATION HAS NOT FOUND ANY MORE SCHEELITE ORE. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

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

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