The Locarno Mine is a gold and tungsten mine located in Kern county, California.
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Locarno Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Locarno Mine
Secondary: Locarno-Simon Group of Mines
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Green Mountain District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: N. V. Franceshi, Las Angeles, Ca
Years: 1949 -
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: 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: Gold
Comments
Comment (Geology): K4:GANGU: QUARTZ, PYRITE
Comment (Deposit): PATENTED 97 ACRES.
Comment (Location): ADJOINS GWYNNE MINE ON THE SOUTHWEST.
Comment (Production): ORE MINED AVERAGED $15/TON IN GOLD. NO SPECIFIC PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.
Comment (Deposit): SERIES OF VEINS. NORTH VEIN 1-2 FT IN THICKNESS; 20 FT SOUTH ANOTHER VEIN. SCHEELITE IS HIGH GRADE (UP TO 60%) AND OCCURS IN IRREGULAR BUNCHES. IN LOWER TUNNEL, FREE GOLD IS ASSOCIATED WITH PYRITE.
Comment (Workings): 500 FT ADIT TRENDS N30E. 110-FT RAISE TO SURFACE, 35-FT WINZE 30 FT FROM PORTAL; LOWER ADIT 550 FT ON VEIN 130 FT BELOW UPPER TUNNEL. 93-FT WINZE 410 FT FROM PORTAL. 3 OPEN CUTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B., SAMPSON, R.J. AND OAKESHOTT, G.B., 1949, MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 45, NO. 2, P. 228, PL. 17.
Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, P. 576.
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