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Buckhorn Mine

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. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035243
MRDS ID M022523
Record type Site
Current site name Buckhorn Mine
Related records 10188317

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.5162, 35.46526 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES EAST OF BRECKENRIDGE MT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Breckenridge Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(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

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 028S 032E 27 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result .7 - 1.72% 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) -118.5162, 35.46526
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 10 - 15 E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Mountain Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • TOTAL OF 400 TONS OF SCHEELITE BEARING ROCK WAS MINED BUT NOT SHIPPED.

Comments on the workings information

  • WEST TUNNEL 450 FT. LONG WITH SEVERAL EXPLORATION CROSSCUTS. A 109 FT. RAISE FROM TUNNEL TO SURFACE, A 70 FT. WINZE SUNK 80 FT. FROM NORTH PORTAL OF TUNNEL AND A 50 FT. DRIFT AT 70 FT. LEVEL OF WINZE. DRIFT ADIT 125 FT. LONG LOCATED 50 FT. EAST OF WEST TUNNEL. A TRENCH 25 FT., BY 3 FT. BY 4 FT.

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. 297 - 298, 313

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1954 A TACTITE ZONE EXPOSED 800 FT. SE OF SOUTH PORTAL OF WEST TUNNEL, THE ZONE IS VERTICAL, TRENDS NORTHWARD, IS 85 FT. LONG AND 8 FT. WIDE.
Deposit NUMEROUS PARALLEL BODIES OF TACTITE EXPOSED ALONG ZONE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG, WIDTH 5 - 8 FT. ONE TUNGSTEN-BEARING TACTITE BODY, ABOUT 6 FT. WIDE IS IN QUARTZ DIORITE, IT IS VERTICAL AND STRIKES N 60 W.

Reporter information

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

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