Buckeye & Midnight Claims

Past Producer 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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10255925
MAS/MILS ID 0061070180
Record type Site
Current site name Buckeye & Midnight Claims
Alternate or previous names Buckeye Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.82174, 36.39026 (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

Case Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Three Rivers(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 018 S 029 E 03 California

Comments on the location information

  • ON HOMER RANCH ON THE WEST FLANK OF "LITTLE BALDY" MTN., IN SECS. 3 AND 4.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.82174, 36.39026

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Buckeye Mining Co.
    Home office California
    Year 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES (WFOC).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-APR-1994 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.