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Lucky Three Group

Occurrence in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Tin
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033755
MRDS ID M020400
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Three Group
Related records 10163273

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.39675, 35.5297 (WGS84)
Relative position REACHED BY TURNING E. FROM HIGHWAY 178 AT SCOVERN HOT SPRINGS, A POINT 2.6 MI S. OF ISABELLA, AND UP A SMALL ROAD 11.5 MI UP ERSKINE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Isabella South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kern-Upper Tehachapi-Grapevine(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 Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 028S 033E 01 California

Comments on the location information

  • NORTHERN CLAIMS OF LUCKY THREE OVERLAP THOSE ON SOUTHERN END OF JENNETTE GRANT CLAIMS, UTM APPROX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE SAMPLE GRADES 0.4 TO 4.2 LB. OF TIN PER TON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.39675, 35.5297
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 W
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ON A CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITIC ROCKS OF SIERRA NEVADA BATHOLITH ON THE W. AND A ROOF PENDANT OF METASEDIMENTS ON THE E. CONTACT IS MARKED BY TACTITE AND OTHER SIGNS OF METAMORPHISM. AVERAGE STRIKE IS N 45 W, DIPPING VERTICAL TO STEEP E. AND W. DIPS. TIN IS FOUND IN FAULT BRECCIA MATERIAL AND ALTERED GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Isabella

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INV. REPT. 3876 PP. 3 -

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO EVIDENCE OF MINERALIZATION USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH ORE SHOOTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Killman, K.; Albers, J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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