The Pala Ranch Mine is a tungsten mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
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Pala Ranch Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pala Ranch Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Greenhorn Tungsten
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
Year: 1950
Time Period: 1950'S
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Avg. .3% Wo3
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SW 1/4, UTM EST.
Comment (Deposit): GARNET CONCENTRATIONS ARE LARGELY CONFINED TO THE BORDERS OF THE PEGMATITE DIKES.
Comment (Workings): IRREGULAR OPEN CUT APPROX. 50 FT. BY 20 FT. AND 15 FT. DEEP IN WHICH TWO SHORT ADITS ARE APPENDED. CROSSCUT DRIVEN 70 FT. N 3 W THEN 50 FT. S 60 W IS 50 FT. SOUTH OF THE OPEN CUT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE TRENDS N 65 W, IS PART OF LARGE ROOF PENDANT. LIMESTONE-DIORITE CONTACT IS PARTLY CONCEALED BY A CAPPING OF CEMENTED LIMESTONE RUBBLE 5 FT. THICK WHICH OVERLIES THE DIORITE. QTZ. VEINLETS AND SHEARED PEGMATITE DIKES CUT THE BRECCIATED LIMESTONE.
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. 305-307, 321
Reference (Production): TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962
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