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Moreland Property

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103230
MRDS ID M022514
Record type Site
Current site name Moreland Property
Related records 10260731

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.34591, 35.4897 (WGS84)
Relative position 11 MILES SE OF BODFISH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Claraville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(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 028S 034E 20 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVG. 3% WO3

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.34591, 35.4897
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 W
    Dip 65 NE
    Length 4.57M
    Width 0.2M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • STRINGER DEPOSITS HAVE BEEN MINED INTERMITTENLY FOR PLACER SCHEELITE AND GOLD SINCE 1905. TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY SEVERAL THOUSAND UNITS OF WO3
  • PROBABLY SOME PRODUCTION IN MID-1950'S

Comments on the workings information

  • 1943: 291 TEST PITS 30 INCHES SQUARE, ONE 45 FT. DEEP TO DETERMINE THE GOLD AND WO3 CONTENT IN ALBURIUM FOR 770 ACRES IN SEC. 11, 12, 13 AND 14, T 30 S, R 40 E AND IN SEC. 18, T 30 S, R 41 E.
  • 35 FT. SHAFT INCLINED AT 65 NE: 10 FT. DRIFT TO SE AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT, ALSO 3 BULLDOZED TRENCHES AND OPEN-PIT EXCAVATIONS, DEEPEST OPEN CUT IS 20 FT.

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. 320

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSITS OCCUR IN POORLY DEFINED CHANNELS A FEW FEET IN DEPTH, SEVERAL TENS TO FEW HUNDRED FEET IN LENGTH. GENERAL COURSE OF THE CHANNELS IS NW TO SE.
Deposit AREA WAS DETERMINED TO BE UNDERLAIN BY 1,578,000 CU. YDS. WHICH CONTAINED 33 CENTS PER CU. YD. IN WO3 AND AN ADDITIONAL 5,462,00 CU. YDS. WHICH CONTAINED 25-33 CENTS PER CU. YD.
Deposit TACTITE BODIES ALONG BEDDING PLANES OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS

Reporter information

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

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