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Tyler Creek

Past Producer in Tulare 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008574
MRDS ID D000880
Record type Site
Current site name Tyler Creek
Alternate or previous names Bull Point, National Tungsten Verne Tyler, Wester Exploration
Related records 10165828

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.7176, 35.8833 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 2 MILES WEST OF CALIFORNIA HOT SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

California Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Deer-Upper White(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 023S 030E 35 California

Comments on the location information

  • N 1/2, UTM ACC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result MILL HEADS WERE REPORTED TO AVG. 0.66% WO3

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 > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.7176, 35.8833
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 E
    Dip 75-80 NW
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • PENDANT OF QUARTZITE, HORNFELS, SCHIST, AND MARBLE SURROUNDED BY GRANODIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1938-1941, 1943-1945, 1954-1955, 1955-1957

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GRADE OF RESERVES IS STATED TO RANGE FROM 0.25 TO 2.25% WO3

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OPEN CUTS, LARGER ONE ABOUT 100 FT BY 20 FT. BY 20 FT. A 150 FT. ADIT BENEATH OPEN CUT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS ALL ALONG SE MARGIN OF PENDANT. A 140 FT. ADIT WITH APPENDED WORKINGS AND RAISED TO AN UPPER LEVEL ALONG EASTERN MARGIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1958; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, TULARE COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 54, NO. 3, P. 366-369.

  • Deposit

    KRAUSKOPF, K.B., 1953; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF MADERA, FRESNO, TULARE COUNTIES; DIV. OF MINES, SPEC REPT. 35, P. 83.

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J.G.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS UNIQUE FOR THE OCCURENCE OF WELL-FORMED SCHEELITE CRYSTALS THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND UNDERGROUND.
Deposit ADDITIONAL WORK HAS BEEN DONE BY THE NATIONAL TUNGSTEN CORPORATION DURING 1955-1957 ON A SMALL TACTITE BODY WITH DIMENSIONS GIVEN IN THIS REPORT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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