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Fob Mine

Past Producer 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103228
MRDS ID M022499
Record type Site
Current site name Fob Mine
Alternate or previous names Pyavin
Related records 10211888

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.9598, 35.69109 (WGS84)
Relative position 9 MILES NW OF INYOKERN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Owens Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles 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 026S 037E 11,12 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SEC. 11 AND CEN, W 1/2 SEC. 12 UTM ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVG. 1% WO3 OR LESS LOCALLY IT IS AS MUCH AS 3% WO3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.9598, 35.69109
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip STEEPLY NE
    Thickness 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • UNDETERMINED PRODUCTION BEFORE 1950, SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1950.

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES AND SHORT DRIFT ADITS MOSTLY ON FOB NO. 2 CLAIM.

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. 315

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE LAYERS SEVERAL TENS OF FT. LONG ORE BODIES ARE DISCONTINOUS WITHIN TACTITE.

Reporter information

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

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Authoritative California resources

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