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Billie Burke Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035274
MRDS ID M022565
Record type Site
Current site name Billie Burke Mine
Related records 10260482

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.64978, 35.36388 (WGS84)
Relative position SOUTHEAST PART 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029S 040E 35 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result PROBABLY MORE THAN 1% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.64978, 35.36388
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GOLD BEARING VEIN STRIKES N 70 W, DIPS 55 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1956 - 1957

Comments on the production information

  • NOT CREDITED WITH PRODUCTION OF GOLD BUT PROBABLY SEVERAL TENS OF UNITS OF SCHEELITE PRODUCED BY LESSEES IN 1956 - 1957.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO 100 FT. INCLINED SHAFTS 60 FT. APART, 80 FT. OF DRIFTS ON 100 FT. LEVEL AND AN UNDERHAND STOPE ABOUT 50 FT. DEEP BELOW EAST SHAFT. 1956 EAST SHAFT WAS ENLARGED BY RAISING ORE FROM 100 FT. LEVEL TO 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. 313

  • Production

    TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE OCCURS BOTH AS ISOLATED GRAINS AND AS LENSES AND VEINS 8 IN. THICK AND FEW FEET LONG ZONE APPEARS AS A SHOOT 4 - 6 FT. THICK AND ABOUT 30 FT. LONG, IT EXTENDS 150 FT. DOWNWARD FROM SURFACE.

Reporter information

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

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