The Tungsten King Mine is a tungsten mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
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Tungsten King Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tungsten King Mine
Secondary: King Tungsten
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Clear Creek
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SCHEELITE MOST ABUNDANT NEAR INTERSECTIONS OF THE VEINS WITH CROSS FRACTURES WHICH STRIKE N 10 E, DIP STEEPLY SE.
Comment (Location): SW 1/4, UTM EST.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE, PROBABLY LESS THAN 100 TONS OF ORE WAS MILLED, 1 - 2% WO3.
Comment (Deposit): TWO PARALLEL VEINS, 25 FT. APART RANGE IN WIDTH 3 - 6 FT., EXPOSED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET NE FROM MAIN ADIT.
Comment (Workings): MAIN ADIT 150 FT. NW, INTERSECTED BY 35 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT ONE ORE SHOOT STOPED IN AND AROUND THE SHAFT, CROSSCUT 25 FT. FROM PORTAL DRIVES SW TO OTHER VEIN, 75 FT. INCLINE RAISE, NOW CAVED WAS DRIVEN NE TO THE SURFACE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LARGE XENOLITH OF ARGILLACEOUS HORNFELS IS ADJACENT TO THE SE VEIN, NEAR PRINCIPAL ORE SHOOT.
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, 325
Reference (Production): TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962
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