The Bald Mountain Group 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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Bald Mountain Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bald Mountain Group
Secondary: Buckeye
Secondary: Buena Vista
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Clear Creek
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: 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: Pyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): SEVERAL SMALL SHIPMENTS PRIOR TO 1940, PROBABLY LESS THAN 2,000 LBS OF WO3.
Comment (Workings): 4 ADITS AT ABOUT 50 FT. VERTICAL INTERVALS, TWO LOWER ADITS COMPRISE ABOUT 300 FT. MOSTLY OF DRIFTS. UPPER LEVELS LARGELY CAVED
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 NE 1/4, UTM EST
Comment (Deposit): TWO PARALLEL VEINS 3 - 6 FT. WIDE AND 500 FT. APART.
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. 312.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Production): TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962
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