The Roark Mine is a tungsten mine located in Imperial county, California.
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Mine Info
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Roark Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Roark Mine
Secondary: Graphite Claim
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Garnet
Location
State: California
County: Imperial
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
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: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Lower California
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: W skarn
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Tonalite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINS 0.07% WO3, GRAB SAMPLE CONTAINS 0.29% WO3.
Materials
Ore: Garnet
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): IN THE JACUMBA WILDERNESS.
Comment (Workings): EXPLORED BY 30 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT, 80 FT. OF HORIZONTAL WORKING AT 30 FT. LEVEL, 2 PITS SE OF SHAFT.
Comment (Deposit): WEAKLY SILICATED ZONE, LATERAL EXTENT OF ZONE NOT DETERMINED: MINERALIZATION IS OCCURRS INTERMITTENT. DISSEMINATED SCHEELITE OCCURS IN SILICATED ZONE OF LIMESTONE LENS AND IN QUARTZ-GARNET SKARN ZONE 600 FT SE.
Comment (Geology): FOOTWALL IS A 5-10 FT WIDE DIKE OF ACIDIC COMPOSITION, HANGING WALL IS SCHIST. LIMESTONE LENS IS AT LEAST 25 FT THICK, STRIKES N60W, DIPS 55SW. ; GEOL.DESC: FOOTWALL IS A 5 - 10 FT. WIDE DIKE OF ACIDIC COMPOSITION, HANGING WALL IS SCHIST.
References
Reference (Deposit): MORTON, P. K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES IMPERIAL COUNTY; COUNTY REPT. 7, DIV. OF MINES. P. 96.
Reference (Deposit): TODD, V.R., KILBURN, J.E., DETRA, D.E., GRISCOM, ANDREW, KRUSE, F.A., AND MCHUGH, E.L., 1987, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JACUMBA (IN-KO-PAH) WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1711-D, 15 P.
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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