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Unip 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035265
MRDS ID M022553
Record type Site
Current site name Unip Mine
Alternate or previous names Embree
Related records 10212023

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.40786, 35.56581 (WGS84)
Relative position S 1/2 MILES SE OF BODFISH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Isabella South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(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 027S 033E 23 California

Comments on the location information

  • N 1/2 SW 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELLS
    Strike N 50 W
    Dip 70 SW
    Length 21.34M
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Planes Of Schistosity, Cross Fractures In Shear Zones.

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: METAMORPHIC ROCKS IN ROOF PENDENT INCLUDE LIMESTONE, PHYLLITE, ARGILLITE AND HORNFELS. SCHISTOSITY STRIKES N 30 - 70 W, DIPS 70 SW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1954 - 1956

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PROBABLY AT LEAST SEVERAL HUNDRED UNITS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES WAS RECOVERED FROM ORE MINED.

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT - NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE

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. 311, 325

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN ORE ZONE PINCH AND SWELLS IRREGULARLY BOTH HORIZONTALLY AND VERTICALLY, RANGING IN WIDTH FROM 18 INCHES TO 4 FT. WESTERN ORE BODY, 100 FT. WEST OF MAIN SHAFT STRIKES N 80 E, DIPS 70 S, IT IS MUCH SMALLER THAN THE MAIN ORE BODY.

Reporter information

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

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