The Tungsten Mountain Mine is a tungsten mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
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Tungsten Mountain Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tungsten Mountain Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Kern
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AS HIGH AS 6% WO3, BUT MOSTLY 1% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SW 1/4, UTM EST.
Comment (Production): TUNGSTEN PRODUCTION UNDETERMINED, MAYBE SOME GOLD PRODUCED
Comment (Deposit): IRREGULAR SMALL MASSES AND CRYSTAL IN QUARTZ AND WALL ROCK. SCHEELITE PENETRATES WALL ROCK SEVERAL INCHES. STRINGERS OCCUR IN ZONE ABOUT 1/2 MILE LONG.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL EAST-DRIVEN DRIFT ADITS FROM 50 - 240 FT. LONG, 3 SHALLOW VERTICAL SHAFTS
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. 325
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