The Rimrock Mine is a tungsten mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
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Rimrock Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rimrock 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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Production): REPORTED PRODUCTION IS LESS THAN 100 TONS, AVG. .5 - 1.0% WO3
Comment (Workings): TWO OPEN CUTS, A VERTICAL SHAFT 50 FT. WITH LEVELS AT 25, 35 AND 50 FT. OPEN CUTS ARE 70 BY 20 BY 15 FT., AND 30 BY 15 BY 20 FT. UNDERGROUND WORKINGS WERE INACCESIBLE IN LATE 1956.
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 SE 1/4, UTM EST.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE BODY IS 30 FT. WIDE BY 70 FT. LONG LIMESTONE IS COARSELY CRYSTALLINE. FEW HUNDRED FEET W - SW OF MINE WORKINGS A NW TRENDING ROOF PENDANT OF LIMESTONE, QUARTZITE AND SCHIST CROPS OUT OVER AN AREA OF 800 FT. WIDE, 1,200 FT. LONG.
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, 322
Reference (Production): TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962
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