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Donlevy Mine

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. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035230
MRDS ID M022507
Record type Site
Current site name Donlevy Mine
Alternate or previous names Orrell Group
Related records 10304785

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.2923, 35.41388 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 3/4 MILES SE OF CLARAVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Claraville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(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 029S 034E 14 California

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH-CENTRAL, UTM ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result .65 - 2% WO3 IN SE VEIN, 1% WO3 IN NW VEIN.

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) -118.2923, 35.41388
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form KIDNEYS
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 55 S
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1944

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period 1944
    Material ORE APP
    Description Cp_Grade: ^50% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 50wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 DRIFT ADITS, 90 FT. APART VERTICALLY. UPPER ADIT 285 FT. LONG ON SE VEIN. LOWER ADIT DRIVEN 425 FT. N 75 E.

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 TWO QUARTZ VEINS 2 - 6 FT. WIDE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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