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Baltic Gulch

Occurrence in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095274
MRDS ID M022573
Record type Site
Current site name Baltic Gulch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.64811, 35.34777 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES 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 01 California

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • AVG. GRADE OF APPROX. 200,000 CU. YDS. OF GRAVEL IN BALTIC GULCH AND PARALLEL GULCH TO SOUTH IS 0.50 LBS. SCHEELITE PER CU. YD. COMPANY COMPUTED RESERVE OF 1,000,000 CU. YDS. OF GRAVEL WITH AVG. CONTENT 0.2 LBS. SCHEELITE PER CU. YD. IN AREA WEST OF UNION MINE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.64811, 35.34777
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINING-OPERATION WAS SHORT LIVED, APPARENTLY WITH NO RECORDED PRODUCTION OF SCHEELITE. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE
Deposit PLACER GRAVELS WHICH CONTAINED GOLD AND SCHEELITE BEARING STRINGERS.

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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