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Hawk 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095273
MRDS ID M022567
Record type Site
Current site name Hawk Prospect
Alternate or previous names Sunset
Related records 10115002

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.72868, 35.35277 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES W - SW OF RANDSBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johannesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030S 040E 06 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SW 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPOTTY DISTRIBUTION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.72868, 35.35277
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BEDS STRIKE INTO ALLUVIUM A FEW TENS OF FEET EAST AND WEST FROM THE EXPOSURE OF TACTITE IN SMALL HILL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rand

Comments on the workings information

  • 35 FT. SHAFT, SEVERAL SHORTER SHAFTS AND SHALLOW TRENCHES. SHORT CROSSCUT ADIT EXTENDED N 15 E TO INTERSECT QUARTZ STRINGERS.

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. 316

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOME QTZ VEINS RANGING IN WIDTH 2 - 6 INCHES
Deposit PRODUCTION UNDETERMINED

Reporter information

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

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