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Garnet Dike

Past Producer in Fresno county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101388
MRDS ID D000871
Record type Site
Current site name Garnet Dike
Related records 10211881

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.01762, 36.88328 (WGS84)
Elevation 960
Relative position 10 MILES FROM MOUTH OF N. FORK KINGS RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fresno(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Patterson Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper King(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sierra 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 Fresno

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012S 027E 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result .7-1.0% WO3

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 > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.01762, 36.88328
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 18.29M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TACTITE OCCURS AT N END OF MARBLE PENDENT 1 MILE LONG AND 1/4 MILE WIDE. PRINCIPAL ORE BODIES ARE AT GRANODIORITE CONTACT BENEATH FLAT PEGMATITE DIKES, WITHIN 400 FT. OF N. TIP OF PENDENT. MARBLE BEDS STRIKE N30W, THEY CURVE NEAR END OF PENDENT TO N50E AND DIP 60-80SE. MARBLE PENDENT IN GRANODIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1940-1945

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 CUTS, 4 ADITS AND SEVERAL INTERMEDIATE DRIFTS WITH COMBINED LENGTH OF 1000 FT., ALSO NUMBER OF SHORT RAISED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KRAUSKOPF, K.B., 1953; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF MADERA, FRESNO, TULARE COUNTIES; SPEC. REPT. 35; DIV. OF PROD. MINES, P. 76.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M.; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US; VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 178-180.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962; TUNGSTEN IN THE US; USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Production

    KRAUSKOPF, K.B.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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