The Tungsten Chief Mine is a tungsten mine located in Kern county, California.
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Tungsten Chief Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tungsten Chief Mine
Secondary: Ophir Zuck
Secondary: Wall Street
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Red Mountain Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1950
Time Period: - 1950
Material type: ORE APP
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Avg., .7 - 1% Wo3
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
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG. 1.75% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Location): S 1/2, UTM EST.
Comment (Production): 1918 AND 1939 YIELDED ONLY 300 TONS, THE REST CAME BETWEEN 1940 - 1950.
Comment (Deposit): ONE ORE SHOOT LIES IN A QTZ. BODY. AT FIRST LANDING MINE ARE LENSES OF SCHEELITE ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN SILICATED LIMESTONE AND MICA SCHIST.
Comment (Workings): FIRST LANDING MINE: 2, 50 FT. SHAFTS WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF HORIZONTAL WORKINGS. GOOD HOPE MINE; 100 FT. DRIFT ADIT. ROCKY POINT MINE; ADIT AND STOPE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ROOF PENDANT IS COMPOSED OF MICA SCHIST AND LIMESTONE. NARROW EMBAYMENTS 100 - 300 FT. WIDE OF QUARTZ DIORITE EXTENDS INTO THE NORTH END OF PENDANT 1,000 FT. FROM MAIN MASS OF IGNEOUS ROCKS. NW TRENDING TABULAR MASSES OF QUARTZ DIORITE ARE ALSO WHOLLY ENCLOSED IN THE PENDANT, THESE ARE NOT CONNECTED TO THE MAIN MASS BUT ARE SIMILAR.
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. 309 - 310, 324
Reference (Production): TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962
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