The Billie Burke Mine is a tungsten mine located in Kern county, California.
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Billie Burke Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Billie Burke Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Gold
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PROBABLY MORE THAN 1% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Production): NOT CREDITED WITH PRODUCTION OF GOLD BUT PROBABLY SEVERAL TENS OF UNITS OF SCHEELITE PRODUCED BY LESSEES IN 1956 - 1957.
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE OCCURS BOTH AS ISOLATED GRAINS AND AS LENSES AND VEINS 8 IN. THICK AND FEW FEET LONG ZONE APPEARS AS A SHOOT 4 - 6 FT. THICK AND ABOUT 30 FT. LONG, IT EXTENDS 150 FT. DOWNWARD FROM SURFACE.
Comment (Workings): TWO 100 FT. INCLINED SHAFTS 60 FT. APART, 80 FT. OF DRIFTS ON 100 FT. LEVEL AND AN UNDERHAND STOPE ABOUT 50 FT. DEEP BELOW EAST SHAFT. 1956 EAST SHAFT WAS ENLARGED BY RAISING ORE FROM 100 FT. LEVEL TO SURFACE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: GOLD BEARING VEIN STRIKES N 70 W, DIPS 55 SW
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. 313
Reference (Production): TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962
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