The B and F Mine is a tungsten mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
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B and F Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: B and F Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Kern
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
Form: ELONGATE
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): SEVERAL UNITS OF TUNGSTEN CONCENTRATES WERE RECOVERED FROM THE MINED ROCK. EARLIER HISTORY NOT DISCOVERED
Comment (Workings): TWO ADITS, UPPER DRIFT ADIT EXTENDS SEVERAL TENS OF FEET S 40 E ALONG CONTACT OF MARBLE AND QUARTZ MONZONITE ON THE NE SIDE OF PENDANT. LOWER ONE WAS DRIVEN 50 FT. NE.
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE BODY IS 3 - 10 FT. WIDE, IT IS CRUDELY LAYERED, NEARLY EVERY WHERE IT CONTAINS CLOSELY SPACED SHEARS WHICH TREND PARALLEL TO THE STRIKE OF THE TACTITE BODY.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TACTITE BODY IS BORDERED ON THE SW BY COARSELY CRYSTALLINE, PALE MARBLE.
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 NW 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. 295 - 296, 312
Reference (Production): TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962
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