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Wible

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035192
MRDS ID M022368
Record type Site
Current site name Wible
Related records 10238589

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.67732, 35.79441 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position WEST OF TUNGSTORE MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(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 31 California

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW GRADE

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) -118.67732, 35.79441
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M
    Length 27.43M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1938-1939

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION VALUES AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT 25 TO 90 FT. WIDE AND 300 FT. LONG WALLS 10 TO 40 FT. HIGH

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. 453.

  • Deposit

    KRAUSKOPF, K.B., 1953; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF MADERA, FRESNO, TULARE COUNTIES; DIV. OF MINES, SPEC. REPT. 35, P. 17.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 388-391.

  • Production

    KRAUSKOPF, K.B.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 LAYERS OF TACTITE INTERBEDDED WITH SCHIST AND QUARTZITE. TACTITE IS CUT OFF BY GRANODIORITE AT A DEPTH OF A FEW FEET.
Deposit ONLY ORE IN SIGHT IN 1943 WAS BED VISIBLE IN THE WEST WALL OF TOP BENCH 2 TO 8 FT. WIDE, EXPOSED FOR 50 FT. AND DEPTH OF 20 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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