The Garnet Dike is a tungsten mine located in Fresno county, California at an elevation of 3,150 feet.
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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
Elevation: 3,150 Feet (960 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 36.88333, -119.01667
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Garnet Dike MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Garnet Dike
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Fresno
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: Surface/Underground
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: .7-1.0% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyroxene
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TACTITE OCCURS AT N END OF MARBLE PENDENT 1 MILE LONG AND 1/4 MILE WIDE. PRINCIPAL ORE BODIES ARE AT GRANODIORITE CONTACT BENEATH FLAT PEGMATITE DIKES, WITHIN 400 FT. OF N. TIP OF PENDENT. MARBLE BEDS STRIKE N30W, THEY CURVE NEAR END OF PENDENT TO N50E AND DIP 60-80SE. MARBLE PENDENT IN GRANODIORITE.
Comment (Location): NE 1/4, UTM EST.
Comment (Workings): 3 CUTS, 4 ADITS AND SEVERAL INTERMEDIATE DRIFTS WITH COMBINED LENGTH OF 1000 FT., ALSO NUMBER OF SHORT RAISED.
References
Reference (Deposit): KRAUSKOPF, K.B., 1953; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF MADERA, FRESNO, TULARE COUNTIES; SPEC. REPT. 35; DIV. OF PROD. MINES, P. 76.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M.; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US; VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 178-180.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962; TUNGSTEN IN THE US; USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Production): KRAUSKOPF, K.B.
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