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Lucky Boy

Past Producer in Kern 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. 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 10035223
MRDS ID M022498
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Boy
Related records 10231745

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.25897, 35.58081 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MILES S - SE OF WELDON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Woolstalf Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Kern(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027S 035E 18 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.25897, 35.58081
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Length 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone, Copper Mineralization

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

  • AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF SCHEELITE HAS BEEN PRODUCED IN RECENT YEARS. (JOHN W. NICOLL, PERSONAL COMM.)

Comments on the workings information

  • AN IRREGULAR 40 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT WITH 50 FT. OF DRIFTS, 20 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT AND A 100 FT. OPEN CUT ALL IN LINE ON A N 25 W BEARING. SHALLOW OPEN CUTS AND TRENCHES ELSE WHERE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TROXEL, B. W., AND MORTON, P. K., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT 1, P. 319

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE OCCURS IN TWO LENSES OR LAYERS WITHIN POORLY EXPOSED PENDANT. ONE TACTITE BODY IS 4 FT. WIDE, STRIKES N 60 W, DIPS 60 SW, ANOTHER 100 FT. TO THE NW STRIKES N 75 E DIPS 40 SE, EXPOSED IN A TRENCH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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