Tyler Creek

The Tyler Creek is a tungsten mine located in Tulare county, California at an elevation of 2,402 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Tyler Creek

State:  California

County:  Tulare

Elevation: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 35.88333, -118.71667

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Tyler Creek MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tyler Creek
Secondary: Bull Point
Secondary: National Tungsten Verne Tyler
Secondary: Wester Exploration


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: California
County: Tulare


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: MILL HEADS WERE REPORTED TO AVG. 0.66% WO3


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet


Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): GRADE OF RESERVES IS STATED TO RANGE FROM 0.25 TO 2.25% WO3

Comment (Workings): TWO OPEN CUTS, LARGER ONE ABOUT 100 FT BY 20 FT. BY 20 FT. A 150 FT. ADIT BENEATH OPEN CUT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS ALL ALONG SE MARGIN OF PENDANT. A 140 FT. ADIT WITH APPENDED WORKINGS AND RAISED TO AN UPPER LEVEL ALONG EASTERN MARGIN.

Comment (Geology): PENDANT OF QUARTZITE, HORNFELS, SCHIST, AND MARBLE SURROUNDED BY GRANODIORITE.

Comment (Deposit): ADDITIONAL WORK HAS BEEN DONE BY THE NATIONAL TUNGSTEN CORPORATION DURING 1955-1957 ON A SMALL TACTITE BODY WITH DIMENSIONS GIVEN IN THIS REPORT.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS UNIQUE FOR THE OCCURENCE OF WELL-FORMED SCHEELITE CRYSTALS THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND UNDERGROUND.

Comment (Location): N 1/2, UTM ACC


References

Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1958; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, TULARE COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 54, NO. 3, P. 366-369.

Reference (Deposit): KRAUSKOPF, K.B., 1953; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF MADERA, FRESNO, TULARE COUNTIES; DIV. OF MINES, SPEC REPT. 35, P. 83.

Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J.G.


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