El Diablo Mine

The El Diablo Mine is a tungsten mine located in Kern county, California.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: El Diablo Mine

State:  California

County:  Kern

Elevation:

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 35.71389, -118.47028

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El Diablo Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: El Diablo Mine
Secondary: Jackpot
Secondary: Pappy
Secondary: Tungsten Queen


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: California
County: Kern


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1956
Time Period: - 1956
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Avg. .5% Wo3


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

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet


Comments

Comment (Location): NW 1/4 UTM EST.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS CONSISTS OF QUARTZ-BIOTITE-EPIDOTE SCHIST, QUARTZITE, HORNFELS AND MINOR GARNET TACTITE HORNFELS AND QUARTZITE ARE MASSIVE IN PART GRANITIZED AND CUT BY QUARTZ VEINLETS NEAR CONTACTS WITH GRANODIORITE.

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SMALL GLORY HOLES AND OPEN CUTS AS MUCH AS 75 FT. LONG, 25 FT. WIDE AND 20 FT. DEEP. THE GLORY HOLES BOTTOM IN RAISES FROM THE HAULAGE LEVEL DRIVEN 212 FT. N 45 E FROM PAVED ROAD.


References

Reference (Production): TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962

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. 298, 315


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