The Baker Lease is a tungsten mine located in Tulare county, California.
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Mine Info
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Baker Lease MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Baker Lease
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Tulare
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: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: California Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY WAS UNDER DEVELOPMENT DURING SUMMER 1954 GOOD SHOWINGS WERE BEING DEVELOPED AT FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. WORK WAS SUSPENDED ABOUT SEPT. 1954
Comment (Production): PRODUCED SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE - NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE. GRADE OF ORE RANGED FROM 0.5 TO 1.5% WO3
Comment (Location): NW 1/4, UTM EST.
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS AND GENERAL SILICIFICATION ARE MORE PROMINENT THAN SILICATION OF LIMESTONE IN VICINITY OF ORE. SCHEELITE AND QUARTZ APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED AT THE SAME TIME.
Comment (Workings): SIX LARGE OPEN CUTS AND ONE SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFT
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TWO PROMINENT SET OF FRACTURES ARE MINERALIZED ONE STRIKES N60 TO 70 W, THE OTHER N40E, LIMESTONE GENERALLY STRIKES N50 TO 75E.
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1958; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, TULARE COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 54, NO. 3, P. 348-349.
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J.G.
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