The Homer Ranch is a tungsten mine located in Tulare county, California.
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Homer Ranch MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Homer Ranch
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Tulare
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
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
Type: L
Description: Faults: Fault On East Side Appears Pre-Mineral And Have A Curved Surface Convex Downward, Fault Zone At Least 15 Ft. Wide Appears To Cut Off The Tactite On The Nw, So It Maybe Entirely Post-Mineral.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEINS AND TACTITE ZONE APPEAR TO BE CUT OFF ON THE NW BY A SHEAR ZONE AND ON THE EAST END BY A NEAR VERTICAL FAULT. CONTACT BETWEEN MARBLE AND QUARTZ DIORITE.
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE BELIEVED TO BE OF LANDSLIDE ORIGIN. TACTITE BODY IN SEC. 19 BELIEVED TO BE THE KEEL OF AN ERODED PENDANT.
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 SEC 17 AND W 1/2 SEC 20, UTM EST
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION VALUES FOR GOLD.
Comment (Workings): TRENCHES, PITS, OPEN CUTS. SHAFT 8 FT. DEEP AT EAST END OF PIT, AN ADIT DRIVEN 50 FT. PASSED BENEATH TACTITE - PROSPECT IN SEC. 19, DEVELOPED BY A 20 FT. TRENCH, AND A BULLDOZER CUT, TACTITE BODY PINCHES OUT ALONG A SHEAR ZONE.
Comment (Deposit): ADJACENT TO VEINS IS A 10 TO 25 FT. ZONE OF BRECCIATED, RECEMENTED GARNET-EPIDOTE TACTITE, ZONE TRENDS NW AND DIPS 63E. THE MOST PERSISTENT QTZ. VEINS 12 TO 14 INCHES WIDE LIE ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF ZONE, PARALLEL IT AND DIP 73E. TACTITE APPEARS 40 FT. LONG AND MAY WEDGE OUT NORTH AND NORTHEAST BY CONVERGING FAULTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1958; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, TULARE COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 54, NO. 3, P. 355-357.
Reference (Deposit): KRAUSKOPF, K.B., 1953; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF MADERA, FRESNO, TULARE COUNTIES; DIV. OF MINES, SPEC. REPT. 35, P. 81.
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J.G.
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