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Susie Q Prospect

Occurrence in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Antimony
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035260
MRDS ID M022547
Record type Site
Current site name Susie Q Prospect
Alternate or previous names Black Sambo
Related records 10163313

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.54286, 35.76692 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 1/2 MILES NE OF GREENHORN SUMMIT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tobias Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kern(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 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, UTM ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Limestone In Fault Zone Has Been Altered To Tremolite And Diopside.

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) -118.54286, 35.76692
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault, Strikes N 35 E, Near Vertical Dip.

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ALONG EASTERN CONTACT OF PENDANT, WHITE COARSELY CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE CROPS OUT IN A BELT 100 FT. WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn Summit Tungsten Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OPEN CUTS, UPPER ONE IS A BENCH 75 FT. LONG, WITH A 40 FT. FACE. LOWER CUT IS ABOUT 50 FT. LONG WITH AN IRREGULAR FACE 10-15 FT. HIGH. TWO SHALLOW SHAFTS-NOW CAVED

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. 308-309, 324

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BRECCIA ZONE CONTAINS SOME STRINGERS OF QUARTZ.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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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