The Stardust is a tungsten mine located in Kern county, California.
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Stardust MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stardust
Secondary: Dorris and Cuddeback Prospect Star Dust and Black Cat Mine.
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Kern
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
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TWO ROOF PENDANTS UNDERLIE MINE AREA THE TACTITE ZONE IN THE SE PENDANT STRIKES N 40 W, THE OTHER STRIKES N 60 W BOTH DIP STEEPLY SOUTHWEST.
Comment (Location): CENTER OF WEST BOUNDARY, UTM EST.
Comment (Commodity): SOME LAYERS CONTAIN SEVERAL PERCENT WO3, MOST IS LESS THAN 1% WO3.
Comment (Workings): SE ZONE, SE DRIFT ADIT, FEW TENS OF FEET TO THE WEST IS A SHAFT, 90 FT. NW OF COLLAR IS PORTAL TO DRIFT ADIT DRIVEN N 60 W, 80 FT. NW OF PORTAL IS AN OPEN CUT
References
Reference (Deposit): TROXEL, B. W., AND MORTON, P. K., 1962, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CAL. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT 1, P. 307, 323
Reference (Production): TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962
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