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B and F 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. 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 10035249
MRDS ID M022531
Record type Site
Current site name B and F Mine
Related records 10212000

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.32898, 35.63026 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 1/2 MILES SW OF WELDON PIUTE MTS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weldon(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026S 034E 33 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 NW 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.32898, 35.63026
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATE
    Strike N 50 W
    Dip STEEPLY SW
    Length 91.44M
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TACTITE BODY IS BORDERED ON THE SW BY COARSELY CRYSTALLINE, PALE MARBLE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1952, 1954 AND 1955

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL UNITS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES WERE RECOVERED FROM THE MINED ROCK. EARLIER HISTORY NOT DISCOVERED

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS, UPPER DRIFT ADIT EXTENDS SEVERAL TENS OF FEET S 40 E ALONG CONTACT OF MARBLE AND QUARTZ MONZONITE ON THE NE SIDE OF PENDANT. LOWER ONE WAS DRIVEN 50 FT. NE.

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. 295 - 296, 312

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE BODY IS 3 - 10 FT. WIDE, IT IS CRUDELY LAYERED, NEARLY EVERY WHERE IT CONTAINS CLOSELY SPACED SHEARS WHICH TREND PARALLEL TO THE STRIKE OF THE TACTITE BODY.

Reporter information

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

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