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Garnet Pike

Past Producer in Fresno 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10260533
MAS/MILS ID 0060190001
Record type Site
Current site name Garnet Pike
Alternate or previous names Panoche Valley Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.01405, 36.87745 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fresno(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Patterson Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper King(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sierra 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 Fresno

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012 S 027 E 22 NE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Diopside Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Tremolite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.01405, 36.87745
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 75M
    Length 300M
    Width 200M
    Area 8HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 8
    Date of Last Modification 811112

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Kings River

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Michael R Sheridan
    Home office California
    Year 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 10HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method GLORY HOLE
    Swell Factor .6
    Percent Waste Rock 75
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Capacity 100
    Capacity Units MT COMMOD/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 6
    Units of Production $/MT COMMOD
    Year of Information 1973
  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 397M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Capacity 50
    Capacity Units MT COMMOD/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 20
    Units of Production $/MT COMMOD
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF JOUR MINES & GEOL V 4 NO 3, JULY 1951,P506,544,PL 31;D

  • Deposit

    BULL 163,P 49-50,120 PL 1;

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-NOV-1984 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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