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Tungsten Chief 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. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103231
MRDS ID M022521
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten Chief Mine
Alternate or previous names Ophir Zuck, Wall Street

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.51814, 35.4697 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES WEST OF WALKER BASIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Breckenridge Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kern-Upper Tehachapi-Grapevine(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028S 032E 27 California

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result AVG. 1.75% 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.51814, 35.4697
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 45 E TO N 45 W
    Dip STEEPLY EITHER DIRECTION
    Length 25.91M
    Width 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ROOF PENDANT IS COMPOSED OF MICA SCHIST AND LIMESTONE. NARROW EMBAYMENTS 100 - 300 FT. WIDE OF QUARTZ DIORITE EXTENDS INTO THE NORTH END OF PENDANT 1,000 FT. FROM MAIN MASS OF IGNEOUS ROCKS. NW TRENDING TABULAR MASSES OF QUARTZ DIORITE ARE ALSO WHOLLY ENCLOSED IN THE PENDANT, THESE ARE NOT CONNECTED TO THE MAIN MASS BUT ARE SIMILAR.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1918, 1939, 1940 - 1950

Mining district

District name Red Mountain Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1950
    Period - 1950
    Material ORE APP
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Avg., .7 - 1% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major WO3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 1918 AND 1939 YIELDED ONLY 300 TONS, THE REST CAME BETWEEN 1940 - 1950.

Comments on the workings information

  • FIRST LANDING MINE: 2, 50 FT. SHAFTS WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF HORIZONTAL WORKINGS. GOOD HOPE MINE; 100 FT. DRIFT ADIT. ROCKY POINT MINE; ADIT AND STOPE

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. 309 - 310, 324

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE ORE SHOOT LIES IN A QTZ. BODY. AT FIRST LANDING MINE ARE LENSES OF SCHEELITE ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN SILICATED LIMESTONE AND MICA SCHIST.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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