The Wible is a tungsten mine located in Tulare county, California at an elevation of 4,501 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: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 35.79444, -118.67639
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Wible MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wible
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
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): LOW GRADE
Comment (Location): SW 1/4, UTM EST
Comment (Production): NO PRODUCTION VALUES AVAILABLE
Comment (Deposit): 3 LAYERS OF TACTITE INTERBEDDED WITH SCHIST AND QUARTZITE. TACTITE IS CUT OFF BY GRANODIORITE AT A DEPTH OF A FEW FEET.
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT 25 TO 90 FT. WIDE AND 300 FT. LONG WALLS 10 TO 40 FT. HIGH
Comment (Deposit): ONLY ORE IN SIGHT IN 1943 WAS BED VISIBLE IN THE WEST WALL OF TOP BENCH 2 TO 8 FT. WIDE, EXPOSED FOR 50 FT. AND DEPTH OF 20 FT.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1958; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, TULARE COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 54, NO. 3, P. 453.
Reference (Deposit): KRAUSKOPF, K.B., 1953; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF MADERA, FRESNO, TULARE COUNTIES; DIV. OF MINES, SPEC. REPT. 35, P. 17.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 388-391.
Reference (Production): KRAUSKOPF, K.B.
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