The Grey Fox is a tungsten mine located in Tulare county, California at an elevation of 2,201 feet.
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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
Elevation: 2,201 Feet (671 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 36.38333, -118.83333
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Grey Fox MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grey Fox
Secondary: Three Rivers
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1943
Time Period: 1943
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: ZONE 3 TO 4 FT. WIDE CONTAINED 3.5 TO 1.0% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4, UTM EST.
Comment (Production): SHIPPED ORE DURING 1943, ACTIVE DURING 1955-1956 - NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE, GRADE ORE 0.5 TO 1.5% WO3
Comment (Workings): THREE ADITS TO A DEPTH OF 125 FT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: STRIKE OF THE CONTACT ROUGHLY PARALLELS THAT OF THE BEDDING IN THE MARBLE, N15W, DIP VERTICAL, FOR INTERVALS ALONG ITS STRIKE THE MARBLE IS CUT BY STRONG SHEAR ZONES FOLLOWING CROSS-FRACTURES, OR CROSS-FORNTS, WHICH ARE NORMAL TO GRANITE CONTACT.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1958; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, TULARE COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 54, NO. 3. P. 445
Reference (Deposit): KRAUSKOPF, K.B., 1953; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF MADERA, FRESNO, TULARE COUNTIES; DIV. OF MINES, SPEC. REPT. 35, P. 81
Reference (Deposit): JENKINS, W.O., 1943; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS NE OF VISALIA; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39, NO. 2, P. 178
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J.G.
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