The Moreland Property is a tungsten mine located in Kern county, California.
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Moreland Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Moreland Property
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Kern
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
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
Analytical Data: AVG. 3% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Production): STRINGER DEPOSITS HAVE BEEN MINED INTERMITTENLY FOR PLACER SCHEELITE AND GOLD SINCE 1905. TOTAL PRODUCTION PROBABLY SEVERAL THOUSAND UNITS OF WO3
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS OCCUR IN POORLY DEFINED CHANNELS A FEW FEET IN DEPTH, SEVERAL TENS TO FEW HUNDRED FEET IN LENGTH. GENERAL COURSE OF THE CHANNELS IS NW TO SE.
Comment (Workings): 1943: 291 TEST PITS 30 INCHES SQUARE, ONE 45 FT. DEEP TO DETERMINE THE GOLD AND WO3 CONTENT IN ALBURIUM FOR 770 ACRES IN SEC. 11, 12, 13 AND 14, T 30 S, R 40 E AND IN SEC. 18, T 30 S, R 41 E.
Comment (Deposit): AREA WAS DETERMINED TO BE UNDERLAIN BY 1,578,000 CU. YDS. WHICH CONTAINED 33 CENTS PER CU. YD. IN WO3 AND AN ADDITIONAL 5,462,00 CU. YDS. WHICH CONTAINED 25-33 CENTS PER CU. YD.
Comment (Workings): 35 FT. SHAFT INCLINED AT 65 NE: 10 FT. DRIFT TO SE AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT, ALSO 3 BULLDOZED TRENCHES AND OPEN-PIT EXCAVATIONS, DEEPEST OPEN CUT IS 20 FT.
Comment (Location): NW 1/4, UTM EST.
Comment (Production): PROBABLY SOME PRODUCTION IN MID-1950'S
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE BODIES ALONG BEDDING PLANES OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS
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. 320
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