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High Enough Prospect

Occurrence 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095271
MRDS ID M022546
Record type Site
Current site name High Enough Prospect
Alternate or previous names Digger Pine
Related records 10260427

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.27258, 35.59665 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES S - SE OF WELDON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woolstalf Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork 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 027S 035E 07 California

Comments on the location information

  • APPROX. CENTER OF WEST EDGE SEC. 7, UTM ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.27258, 35.59665
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 W
    Dip 40 - 60 SW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT ADIT AT SE END OF OUTCROP, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS ALONG STRIKE TO THE NW. DRIFT ADIT IS ABOUT 100 FT. LONG, TRENDS N 80 W

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. 300 - 301, 317

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POORLY LAYERED TACTITE SURROUNDED BY THINLY LAYERED SILICEOUS AND CALCAREOUS HORNFELSES AND MICA SCHIST.

Reporter information

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

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