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Kaweah River

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. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008675
MRDS ID D001010
Record type Site
Current site name Kaweah River
Alternate or previous names Eshom Valley, Hill Brothers Marks.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.91761, 36.61662 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position NORTH OF JUNCTION OF PIERCE CREEK AND N. FORK KAWEAH RIVER

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)

Federal lands

Sequoia 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 Tulare

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 15S 28E 22,14,28 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/2 SEC 22, UTM ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.3 TO 0.4% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.91761, 36.61662
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • MARBLE LAYERS OF QUARTZ-BIOTITE SCHIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1944

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period 1944
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SOME ORE SHIPPED - NO PRODUCTION VALUES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 54.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHORT ADITS

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. 447-448.

  • Deposit

    KRAUSKOPF, K.B., 1953; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF MADERA, FRESNO, TULARE COUNTIES; DIV. OF MINES, SPEC. REPT. 35, P. 81.

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J.G.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 SMALL PARTIALLY ALTERED LAYERS OF MARBLE.
Deposit TACTITE IN QUARTZ - BIOTITE SCHIST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 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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