The Credow Mountain is a tungsten mine located in Tulare county, California.
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Mine Info
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Credow Mountain MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Credow Mountain
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Tulare
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1955
Time Period: -1955
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: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS RELATED TO FAULTING
Comment (Workings): SIX OPEN CUTS ALONG NW END OF LIMESTONE POD. MAXIMUM DEPTH OF LARGEST PIT IS 20 FT., ADJACENT CUT ONLY 10 FT.
Comment (Location): S 1/2 SW 1/4, UTM EST.
Comment (Commodity): SOME COPPER STAINING ALONG MINOR CROSS-FAULTS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE FORMS SMALL PART OF METAMORPHIC PENDANT COMPOSED PREDOMINANTLY OF QUARTZ-HORNBLENDE-DIOPSIDE SCHIST, PENDANT HAS MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 2500 FT., TRENDS N70W, DIPS NEAR VERTICAL WITH OVERTURNING (OR DRAG FOLDING) ALONG FAULT CONTACT WITH GRANDIORITE
Comment (Deposit): ORE APPEARS TO CONTINUE AT DEPTH AND TO PLUNGE STEEPLY NE.
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J.G.
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1958; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, TULARE COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 54, NO. 3, P. 353-355
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