The Tyler Creek is a tungsten mine located in Tulare county, California at an elevation of 2,402 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,402 Feet (732 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 35.88333, -118.71667
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Tyler Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tyler Creek
Secondary: Bull Point
Secondary: National Tungsten Verne Tyler
Secondary: Wester Exploration
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Tulare
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
Analytical Data: MILL HEADS WERE REPORTED TO AVG. 0.66% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): GRADE OF RESERVES IS STATED TO RANGE FROM 0.25 TO 2.25% WO3
Comment (Workings): TWO OPEN CUTS, LARGER ONE ABOUT 100 FT BY 20 FT. BY 20 FT. A 150 FT. ADIT BENEATH OPEN CUT AND SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS ALL ALONG SE MARGIN OF PENDANT. A 140 FT. ADIT WITH APPENDED WORKINGS AND RAISED TO AN UPPER LEVEL ALONG EASTERN MARGIN.
Comment (Geology): PENDANT OF QUARTZITE, HORNFELS, SCHIST, AND MARBLE SURROUNDED BY GRANODIORITE.
Comment (Deposit): ADDITIONAL WORK HAS BEEN DONE BY THE NATIONAL TUNGSTEN CORPORATION DURING 1955-1957 ON A SMALL TACTITE BODY WITH DIMENSIONS GIVEN IN THIS REPORT.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS UNIQUE FOR THE OCCURENCE OF WELL-FORMED SCHEELITE CRYSTALS THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND UNDERGROUND.
Comment (Location): N 1/2, UTM ACC
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1958; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, TULARE COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 54, NO. 3, P. 366-369.
Reference (Deposit): KRAUSKOPF, K.B., 1953; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF MADERA, FRESNO, TULARE COUNTIES; DIV. OF MINES, SPEC REPT. 35, P. 83.
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J.G.
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