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Blossom Peak

Past Producer in Tulare 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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101402
MRDS ID D001016
Record type Site
Current site name Blossom Peak

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.88427, 36.41663 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES SE OF THREE RIVERS VIA S. FORK RD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kaweah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Three Rivers(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kaweah(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 Tulare

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 17S 28E 25 California

Comments on the location information

  • LAT LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR DISTRICT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
  • SE 1/4 SE 1/4; UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.88427, 36.41663
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N18-30W
    Dip 80W-VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone 2 To 5 Ft. Wide

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ROCKS ARE INTRUDED BY GRANITES AND BASIC IGNEOUS ROCKS. THE SEDIMENTS RANGE IN AGE FROM THE KOOTENAI FM TO THE FLATHEAD QUARTZITE.
  • GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE CROPS OUT OVER ENTIRE HILL BEHIND MINE. GRANODIORITE - LIMESTONE CONTACT LIES 300 FT. TO THE NW. AN APLITE DIKE ABOUT 18 INCHES WIDE STRIKING N45E, DIPS GENTLY NORTH, OVERLIES DEPOSIT. SHEAR ZONE DOES NOT APPEAR TO CUT DIKE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1954

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SOME ORE MILLED DURING 1954, AT THE WORKING FACE, THE GOUGE ZONE CONTAINED AN ESTIMATED 0.75% WO3. NO PRODUCTION FIGURE AVAILABLE.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, TUNNELS, TRENCHES
  • TWO SLOT-STOPES AND AN ADIT HAVE DEVELOPED THE SHEAR ZONE BENEATH APLITE DIKE. UPPER STOPE IS 10 FT. HIGH BY 6 FT. WIDE AND 30 FT. LONG. 20 FT. BELOW IS AN ADIT DRIVEN N30W FOR 60 FT. SECOND STOPE IN 20 FT. IS IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE ADIT.

Comments on development

  • MINES: WELCOME, MIKE HANNON, BEN G, TIPTOP, CLIFF, RICHMOND, MOONLIGHT, FOX STRAW HAT, BLUE BOTTLE; DEPOSITS: FOSTER CREEK DOLOMITE, E. SPRING HILL DOLOMITE, S. SPRING HILL, E. FOSTER CREEK DOLOMITE, FOSTER CREEK LIMESTONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1958; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, TULARE COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 54, NO. 3, P. 349-350.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J.G.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TIP TOP MINE PRODUCED 7650 STU WO3 DURING 1953-55. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit SCHEELITE IS IN TACTITE FRAGMENTS AND IN GREEN CLAY GOUGE SURROUNDING THE TACTITE. NARROW VEINLETS OF PURE SCHEELITE UP TO 2 IN. IN WIDTH CUT BOTH GRANITE AND GOUGE ALONG FAULT.
Deposit TACTITE IN SHEAR ZONE IN GRANODIORITE
Deposit SOME ARE THIN TABULAR BODIES WHICH FOLLOW THE BEDDIG PLANES, BUT MOST ARE CHIMNEYS OR POCKETS OR VERY IRREGULAR SHAPE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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