Barbara-Diana Group

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035272
MRDS ID M022562
Record type Site
Current site name Barbara-Diana Group
Related records 10139294

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.6545, 35.35027 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES SOUTH 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)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(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 02 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE CORNER OF SEC, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONE HIGH-GRADE SHOOT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.6545, 35.35027

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1951

Comments on the production information

  • FORMERLY WORKED FOR GOLD IN STRINGERS BUT WORKED FOR SCHEELITE IN 1951.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW TO MODERATELY DEEP SHAFTS, TRENCHES AND OPEN CUTS.

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. 312

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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.

Authoritative California resources

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