The Buckhorn Mine is a mine located in Kern county, California.
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Buckhorn Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckhorn Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Red Mountain Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: .7 - 1.72% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): TOTAL OF 400 TONS OF SCHEELITE BEARING ROCK WAS MINED BUT NOT SHIPPED.
Comment (Workings): WEST TUNNEL 450 FT. LONG WITH SEVERAL EXPLORATION CROSSCUTS. A 109 FT. RAISE FROM TUNNEL TO SURFACE, A 70 FT. WINZE SUNK 80 FT. FROM NORTH PORTAL OF TUNNEL AND A 50 FT. DRIFT AT 70 FT. LEVEL OF WINZE. DRIFT ADIT 125 FT. LONG LOCATED 50 FT. EAST OF WEST TUNNEL. A TRENCH 25 FT., BY 3 FT. BY 4 FT.
Comment (Deposit): 1954 A TACTITE ZONE EXPOSED 800 FT. SE OF SOUTH PORTAL OF WEST TUNNEL, THE ZONE IS VERTICAL, TRENDS NORTHWARD, IS 85 FT. LONG AND 8 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Deposit): NUMEROUS PARALLEL BODIES OF TACTITE EXPOSED ALONG ZONE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG, WIDTH 5 - 8 FT. ONE TUNGSTEN-BEARING TACTITE BODY, ABOUT 6 FT. WIDE IS IN QUARTZ DIORITE, IT IS VERTICAL AND STRIKES N 60 W.
Comment (Location): SE 1/4, UTM EST.
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. 297 - 298, 313
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