The Ophir-Zuck ? Gsc Id# W023774 is a tungsten mine located in Kern county, California at an elevation of 4,501 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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
Elevation: 4,501 Feet (1,372 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 35.4575, -118.52610
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Ophir-Zuck ? Gsc Id# W023774 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ophir-Zuck ? Gsc Id# W023774
Secondary: Good Hope Mine
Secondary: First Landing
Secondary: Rocky Point
Secondary: Tungsten Chief Mine ? M022521
Secondary: Wall Street
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
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Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: 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
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS PROPERTY HAS USGS-MRDS/GSC ID OF M022521 (MILS); WHICH IS IS THE "TUNGSTEN CHIEF MINE" USGS-MRDS/GSC ID: (NOT LISTED IN MAS) ITS USGS LAT/LONG IS N352811/W1183102. THE LAT/LONG OF THE USGS "GOOD HOPE MINE" IS N352757/W1183205. MORE DATA IS NEEDED TO ACCURATELY DETERMINE WHICH GSC# IS CORRECT. HOWEVER, TO PREVENT ANY CONFUSION WILL CHANGE THIS PROPERTIES GSC ID TO M022522.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 1, 1962, P. 309-
Reference (Deposit): 310.
Reference (Deposit): UGSG-MRDS/GSC LIST AS OF JUNE 94.
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