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Tungstore Mine

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10165561
MRDS ID D000881
MAS/MILS ID 0061070296
Record type Site
Current site name Tungstore Mine
Alternate or previous names Tungstore, Kennedy Tungsten Mine, Jack Ranch
Related records 10008575

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.66153, 35.79357 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tulare(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Posey(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Isabella Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Poso(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 024 S 031 E 32 SWNWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.66153, 35.79357
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1929
Year of first production 1932

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tungstore Mines, Co. (C. A. Rasmussen And W. A. Trout)
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 54, 1958, P. 365.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1978, ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT BIA-39, P. 12.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-SEP-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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