Tungsten King Mine

The Tungsten King Mine is a tungsten mine located in Kern county, California.

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

Name: Tungsten King Mine  

State:  California

County:  Kern

Elevation:

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 35.56, -118.51667

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Tungsten King Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tungsten King Mine
Secondary: King Tungsten


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: California
County: Kern
District: Clear Creek


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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Commodity): SCHEELITE MOST ABUNDANT NEAR INTERSECTIONS OF THE VEINS WITH CROSS FRACTURES WHICH STRIKE N 10 E, DIP STEEPLY SE.

Comment (Location): SW 1/4, UTM EST.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE, PROBABLY LESS THAN 100 TONS OF ORE WAS MILLED, 1 - 2% WO3.

Comment (Deposit): TWO PARALLEL VEINS, 25 FT. APART RANGE IN WIDTH 3 - 6 FT., EXPOSED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET NE FROM MAIN ADIT.

Comment (Workings): MAIN ADIT 150 FT. NW, INTERSECTED BY 35 FT. VERTICAL SHAFT ONE ORE SHOOT STOPED IN AND AROUND THE SHAFT, CROSSCUT 25 FT. FROM PORTAL DRIVES SW TO OTHER VEIN, 75 FT. INCLINE RAISE, NOW CAVED WAS DRIVEN NE TO THE SURFACE.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LARGE XENOLITH OF ARGILLACEOUS HORNFELS IS ADJACENT TO THE SE VEIN, NEAR PRINCIPAL ORE SHOOT.


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. 310, 325

Reference (Production): TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962


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