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Tungsten King 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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035266
MRDS ID M022555
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten King Mine
Alternate or previous names King Tungsten
Related records 10260920, 10212296

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.51759, 35.55998 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES NORTH OF HAVILAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Miracle Hot Springs(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 027S 032E 23 SW California

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE MOST ABUNDANT NEAR INTERSECTIONS OF THE VEINS WITH CROSS FRACTURES WHICH STRIKE N 10 E, DIP STEEPLY SE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.51759, 35.55998
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 E
    Dip 65 SE
    Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LARGE XENOLITH OF ARGILLACEOUS HORNFELS IS ADJACENT TO THE SE VEIN, NEAR PRINCIPAL ORE SHOOT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1916 - 1918, 1940'S

Mining district

District name Clear Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE, PROBABLY LESS THAN 100 TONS OF ORE WAS MILLED, 1 - 2% WO3.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 86.87M
    Overall depth 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN ADIT 150 FT. NW, INTERSECTED BY 35 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT ONE ORE SHOOT STOPED IN AND AROUND THE SHAFT, CROSSCUT 25 FT. FROM PORTAL DRIVES SW TO OTHER VEIN, 75 FT. INCLINE RAISE, NOW CAVED WAS DRIVEN NE TO THE SURFACE.

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. 310, 325

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PARALLEL VEINS, 25 FT. APART RANGE IN WIDTH 3 - 6 FT., EXPOSED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET NE FROM MAIN ADIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 14-MAR-1994 Mosier, D.L. U.S. Geological Survey CORRECTED LAT.-LONG., SEC. FRACTION, ASSOC. ROCK TYPE. ENTERED HOST ROCK TYPE.
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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