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Good Enough Prospect

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum
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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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103232
MRDS ID M022540
Record type Site
Current site name Good Enough Prospect
Alternate or previous names Gribble Group
Related records 10139298

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.56925, 35.7522 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 1/2 MILES EAST OF GLENNVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tobias Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Poso(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 025S 032E 17 California

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

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

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) -118.56925, 35.7522
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 7.62M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IRREGULAR TACTITE ZONE ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN HORNBLENDE QTZ. DIORITE AND WEST SIDE OF ROOF PENDANT OF MARBLE AND HORNFELS. THE ROOF PENDANT IS 4,000 FT. LONG AND AT LEAST 500 FT. WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Greenhorn Summit Tungsten Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER STRIPPINGS AND SHALLOW OPEN CUTS-SEVERAL THOUSAND SQ. FEET OF SURFACE HAS BEEN EXPOSED.

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. 300, 316

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTACT ZONE IS QUITE IRREGULAR AND CONTAINS MIGMATITE OR SMALL IRREGULAR MASSES OF HORNBLENDIC QUARTZ DIORITE IN METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS.

Reporter information

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

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