The Tungstore No. 2 Mine is a tungsten mine located in Kern county, California.
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Tungstore No. 2 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tungstore No. 2 Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: White River
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): AN ESTIMATED 30,000 TONS OF TAILINGS AT ADJOINING MILLSITE ARE A POSSIBLE FUTURE SOURCE OF TUNGSTEN.
Comment (Location): SE 1/4, UTM ACC.
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE MASS 50-100 FT. WIDE MORE THAN 300 FT. LONG. ORE WAS CONCENTRATED IN A ZONE NEAR CENTER OF TACTITE, IT WAS 10-30 FT. (?) WIDE.
Comment (Workings): ADIT S 15 E FOR 125 FT., GLORYHOLE WAS DEVELOPED. LATER ORE WAS MINED FROM A PIT-LIKE EXCAVATION 100 FT. WIDE, 300 FT. LONG AND 50 FT. DEEP. A 10 BY 10 FT. SUMP WAS SUNK 20 FT. INTO FLOOR OF PIT. 40 FT. WINZE WAS SUNK AT 45 DEG SW IN TACTITE. 15 FT. SHAFT SE OF RIM OF PIT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MOST OF EXPOSED PART OF PENDANT IS TACTITE, ALSO PRESENT IS RECRYSTALLIZED LIMESTONE AND SCHIST.
Comment (Deposit): ADDITIONAL ORE BODIES PROBABLY CAN BE DEVELOPED IN THE UNEXPLORED TACTITE IN THE WALLS AND FLOOR OF THE PIT. NO DIAMOND DRILLING HAS BEEN DONE IN THESE AREAS.
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. 310-311, 325
Reference (Production): TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962
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