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Tungstore

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008575
MRDS ID D000881
Record type Site
Current site name Tungstore
Alternate or previous names Kennedy, Krebs and Martin, Jack Ranch.
Related records 10165561

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.6676, 35.7833 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position NEAR POSEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Posey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Poso(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 024S 031E 32 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.6676, 35.7833
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 53 NE TO VERTICAL
    Thickness 24.38M
    Length 51.82M
    Width 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period - 1944
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 2wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 200 FT. BY 100 FT. WITH MAXIMUM DEPTH OF 80 FT. CROSS-CUT ADIT 420 FT. LONG DRIVEN BENEATH MAIN CUT. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS FROM ADIT INCLUDE 540 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSS CUTS AND 160 FT. OF RAISES.

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. 365-366.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M.; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 388-391.

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J.G.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIRST SOURCE OF TUNGSTEN IN TULARE COUNTY IN 1932 NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

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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