The Major Mine is a tungsten mine located in Kern county, California.
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Major Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Major Mine
Secondary: Sweet Marie
Secondary: June Ione
Secondary: Rand Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
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
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LENTICULARS BODIES WHICH ALTERNATE AND ARE INTIMATELY MIXED WITH MIGMATITE.
Comment (Commodity): POCKETS OF ORE NEAR SURFACE CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 30% WO3, THE GRADE IS LESS THAN 1% WO3 AT 50 FT. IN SHAFT.
Comment (Production): COMPLETE FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE, BUT SINCE 1953 THE MINE HAS YIELDED A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE THAT AVG. .5-1% WO3
Comment (Location): CENTER OF SEC., UTM EST.
Comment (Workings): SINGLE-COMPARTMENT SHAFT 50-75 FT. DEEP, FEW SHORT DRIFTS AND OPEN CUTS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ROOF PENDANT AVERAGES 2,000 FT. IN WIDTH, AND EXTENDS .3 MILES TO THE SE AND 1 MILE TO THE NW. IT IS COMPOSED OF SLATE, HORNFELS, QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE.
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. 304-305, 319
Reference (Production): TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962
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