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High Power 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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035256
MRDS ID M022539
Record type Site
Current site name High Power Mine
Alternate or previous names Powerline
Related records 10139224

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.56564, 35.74415 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MILES EAST OF GLENNVILLE, 1/4 MILE S OF EVANS RD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alta Sierra(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Poso(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(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 025S 032E 20 California

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2 NW 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

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 > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.56564, 35.74415
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PENDANT IS 1/2 MILE WIDE AND EXTENDS FOR OVER A MILE, IT'S COMPOSED LARGELY OF SLATES, HORNFELS AND QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn Mtn. Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 400 FT. LONG AND 200 FT. WIDE, LONG AXIS OF PIT TRENDS N 15 E, ADIT NEAR SOUTH END OF PIT DRIVEN 119 FT. EASTWARD.

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. 303, 317

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN 1957 ABOUT 60 TONS OF LOW-GRADE ORE WAS STOCKPILED AT NORTH END OF THE CUT.

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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