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Fernandez Group

Occurrence 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035226
MRDS ID M022502
Record type Site
Current site name Fernandez Group
Related records 10212358

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.97369, 35.7097 (WGS84)
Relative position SW SIDE OF INDIAN WELLS CYN. 10 MILES NW OF INYOKERN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Owens Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(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 025S 037E 34,35 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SEC. 34, SW 1/4 SEC. 35, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result .18% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.97369, 35.7097
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TENS OF TONS OF TACTITE, .2 - .45% WO3 WERE EXPOSED IN SHORT ADITS.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF CUTS BY BULLDOZERING, FOUR SHORT ADITS AND A SHALLOW SHAFT.

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. 315

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE PRINCIPALLY IN TACTITE INCLUSIONS, AND MUCH LESS IN QUARTZ VEINS. TACTITE BODIES RANGE FROM FEW FEET TO SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET IN LENGTH. QTZ. VEIN RANGES FROM 4 IN - 2 FT. IN WIDTH.

Reporter information

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

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