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Gardner Shaft

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035270
MRDS ID M022560
Record type Site
Current site name Gardner Shaft
Related records 10212087

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.63617, 35.31249 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 1/2 MILES S - SE OF RANDSBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johannesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(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 030S 040E 24 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SE 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.63617, 35.31249
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Zone Trends E - Ne, Dips 60 - 85 Nw.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N - NE
    Dip 60 - 85 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Atolia

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION NOT DISCLOSED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 219.46M

Comments on the workings information

  • 125 FT. SHAFT INCLINED ABOUT 80 DEG. N 10 W, IT CONTAINS 3 DRIFTS AT 50, 70 AND 125 FT. THE 50 FT. DRIFT EXTENDS FOR 115 FT., THE 70 FT. DRIFT EXTENDS FOR 190 FT. AND 125 FT. DRIFT EXTENDS FOR 170 FT. AND THERE IS ALSO AN OPEN PIT.

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. 298 - 300, 315

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISCONTINUOUS LENSES AND VEINLETS WITHIN VEIN. ORE SHOOTS PITCH EAST. LENSES RANGE FROM FRACTION OF INCH TO 4 INCHES.
Deposit DISCOVERED IN 1956

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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