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Little Dick

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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103233
MRDS ID M022545
Record type Site
Current site name Little Dick
Alternate or previous names Good Hope
Related records 10188009

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.40398, 35.72776 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NE OF KERNVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Isabella North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kern(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 025S 033E 23 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.40398, 35.72776
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 10 E
    Dip 80 - 85 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: METAMORPHIC ROCKS ARE MOSTLY LIMESTONE AND QUARTZITE, THEY STRIKE GENERALLY NORTH, DIP STEEPLY EAST. THE IGNEOUS ROCKS EXHIBIT LINEATION AND SHEETING WHICH STRIKE N 10 E, DIP 80 - 85 SE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1940, 1941

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE, BUT TOTAL TONNAGE MILLED IS PROBABLY LESS THAN 500 TONS.

Comments on the workings information

  • 125 FT. ADIT DRIVEN S 10 E, 90 FT. FROM PORTAL IS A 25 FT. DRIFT, 20 FT. FROM PORTAL IS A GLORY HOLE 40 FT. BY 15 FT. BY 12 FT. SHALLOW CAVED PIT, AND ANOTHER ADIT WAS DRIVEN 60 FT. N 30 W THENCE 75 FT. N 70 W INTO GABBRO.

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. 303, 318

  • Production

    TROXEL, B. W.

Reporter information

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

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