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Homer Ranch

Past Producer in Tulare county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008677
MRDS ID D001012
Record type Site
Current site name Homer Ranch
Related records 10214433

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.96761, 36.53329 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MILES SOUTH OF ESHORN VALLEY

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tulare

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 16S 28E 17,19,20 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SEC 17 AND W 1/2 SEC 20, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
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 > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.96761, 36.53329
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults: Fault On East Side Appears Pre-Mineral And Have A Curved Surface Convex Downward, Fault Zone At Least 15 Ft. Wide Appears To Cut Off The Tactite On The Nw, So It Maybe Entirely Post-Mineral.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEINS AND TACTITE ZONE APPEAR TO BE CUT OFF ON THE NW BY A SHEAR ZONE AND ON THE EAST END BY A NEAR VERTICAL FAULT. CONTACT BETWEEN MARBLE AND QUARTZ DIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION VALUES FOR GOLD.

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES, PITS, OPEN CUTS. SHAFT 8 FT. DEEP AT EAST END OF PIT, AN ADIT DRIVEN 50 FT. PASSED BENEATH TACTITE - PROSPECT IN SEC. 19, DEVELOPED BY A 20 FT. TRENCH, AND A BULLDOZER CUT, TACTITE BODY PINCHES OUT ALONG A SHEAR ZONE.

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. 355-357.

  • 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 TACTITE BELIEVED TO BE OF LANDSLIDE ORIGIN. TACTITE BODY IN SEC. 19 BELIEVED TO BE THE KEEL OF AN ERODED PENDANT.
Deposit ADJACENT TO VEINS IS A 10 TO 25 FT. ZONE OF BRECCIATED, RECEMENTED GARNET-EPIDOTE TACTITE, ZONE TRENDS NW AND DIPS 63E. THE MOST PERSISTENT QTZ. VEINS 12 TO 14 INCHES WIDE LIE ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF ZONE, PARALLEL IT AND DIP 73E. TACTITE APPEARS 40 FT. LONG AND MAY WEDGE OUT NORTH AND NORTHEAST BY CONVERGING FAULTS.

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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