The Gardner Shaft is a mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
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Gardner Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gardner Shaft
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Atolia
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Zone Trends E - Ne, Dips 60 - 85 Nw.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 SE 1/4, UTM EST.
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION NOT DISCLOSED
Comment (Deposit): DISCONTINUOUS LENSES AND VEINLETS WITHIN VEIN. ORE SHOOTS PITCH EAST. LENSES RANGE FROM FRACTION OF INCH TO 4 INCHES.
Comment (Workings): 125 FT. SHAFT INCLINED ABOUT 80 DEG. N 10 W, IT CONTAINS 3 DRIFTS AT 50, 70 AND 125 FT. THE 50 FT. DRIFT EXTENDS FOR 115 FT., THE 70 FT. DRIFT EXTENDS FOR 190 FT. AND 125 FT. DRIFT EXTENDS FOR 170 FT. AND THERE IS ALSO AN OPEN PIT.
Comment (Deposit): DISCOVERED IN 1956
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. 298 - 300, 315
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