The High Power Mine is a mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
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High Power Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: High Power Mine
Secondary: Powerline
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Greenhorn Mtn. Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): S 1/2 NW 1/4, UTM EST.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT 400 FT. LONG AND 200 FT. WIDE, LONG AXIS OF PIT TRENDS N 15 E, ADIT NEAR SOUTH END OF PIT DRIVEN 119 FT. EASTWARD.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PENDANT IS 1/2 MILE WIDE AND EXTENDS FOR OVER A MILE, IT'S COMPOSED LARGELY OF SLATES, HORNFELS AND QUARTZITE.
Comment (Deposit): IN 1957 ABOUT 60 TONS OF LOW-GRADE ORE WAS STOCKPILED AT NORTH END OF THE 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. 303, 317
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