The West End Field is a tungsten mine located in Kern county, California.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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West End Field MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: West End Field
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Atolia
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
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): TUNGSTEN VEIN FOUND IN THE GARDNER SHAFT. SEVERAL TENS OF FEET NW OF THE O'NEILL SHAFTS. NOT SURE ANY PRODUCTION TOOK PLACE.
Comment (Location): SE 1/4, UTM EST.
Comment (Deposit): VEINS ARE EXPOSED ABOUT 1,500 FT. EAST OF THE O'NEILL SHAFTS.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHAFTS AND PROSPECT PITS 1916. PRINCIPAL SHAFTS, O'NEILL SHAFTS, THEY ARE 60 FT. APART. THEY EXTEND 50 FT. TO BASE OF ALLUVIUM, 20 FT. TO AN INTERMEDIATE LEVEL THEN TO LOWER LEVEL AT UNDETERMINED DEPTH. LOWER LEVEL EXTENDS 195 FT. NORTH AND 110 FT. SE. THE SUN SHAFT IS 127 FT. IN ALLUVIUM, THEN 48 FT. IN BEDROCK WITH CROSSCUT AT BOTTOM.
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. 325 - 326
Reference (Production): TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962
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