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Bowlin Mine

Past Producer in Tulare county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043437
MRDS ID M100199
Record type Site
Current site name Bowlin Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.07761, 36.26468 (WGS84)
Elevation 354
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 15 MILES EAST OF VISALIA, CA., Assumed Spot At Center Of Nw, Sect. 20

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rocky Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Visalia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(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 Tulare

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 019S 027E 20 NW California

Comments on the location information

  • MINE LOCATED IN NW CORNER SECT. 20

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Magnesite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization Of Dunite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.07761, 36.26468
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike EAST
    Dip 90

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IN A NW TRENDING, IRREGULORLY EXPOSED BELT OF HIGHLY SHEARED SERPENTINE WHICH IS 5-6 KM WIDE AND APPROX. 40 KM LONG. THE BELT IS BORDERED BY PRE-CRET. METAVOLC. AND META SED. ROCKS, PLEISTOCENE ALLUVIVM AND MESO. GRANODIORITE INTRUSIVES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1915
Year of last production 1916

Mining district

District name Yokohl Valley Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bowlin, Lee
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gill Brothers Cattle Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF AN OPEN CUT 60 FT LONG, 6 FT WIDE 3 TO 6 FT DEEP AND A 25 FT DEEP SHAFT WITH TWO SHORT DRIFTS. THE SHAFT IS FLOODED (1948)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RYNEARSON, G. A., 1948, CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 3, P. 96, 97, 103

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PART 3, CHAPT. 3, P. 96, 97, 103

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT MINED OUT IN 1916.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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