Homer Ranch Deposits

Prospect in Tulare county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214433
MRDS ID D001012
MAS/MILS ID 0061070116
Record type Site
Current site name Homer Ranch Deposits
Alternate or previous names Homer Ranch
Related records 10008677

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.97514, 36.52166 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shadequarter Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Whitney(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kaweah(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 Tulare

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016 S 028 E 19 California

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN NE/4 SEC. 17 AND W/2 SEC. 20.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Mesozoic gabbroic rocks, unit 2 (undivided)

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 39, 1943, P. 175-177.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 54, 1958, P. 355-357.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-SEP-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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