The Consolidated Tungsten is a tungsten mine located in Tulare county, California at an elevation of 2,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,100 Feet (640 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 36.63333, -119.11667
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Consolidated Tungsten MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Consolidated Tungsten
Secondary: Drum Valley
Secondary: Harrell Hill
Secondary: Parlier Prospecting Association
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Tulare
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: SHEET
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RESIDUAL MATERIAL CONTAINS 0.3 TO 0.5% WO3, PLACER IN VALLEY BELOW AVGERAGES ABOUT 0.5% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): N 1/2, UTM ACC
Comment (Production): THE MINE WAS ONE OF THE MOST PRODUCTIVE TUNGSTEN PRODUCDERS IN THE COUNTY
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE IS FOUND THROUGHOUT THE TACTITE ZONE, ESPECIALLY IN HIGHLY SILICIFIED ZONES, LARGE VOLUME OF RESIDUAL SOIL OVERLYING THE TACTITE CONTAINS SCHEELITE, IT HAS PROVED TO BE ORE IN SOME PLACES.
Comment (Workings): GLORY HOLE, OPEN PIT, A HAULAGE ADIT BELOW THE GLORY HOLE, AN INCLINED SHAFT IN THE SE END OF DRUM VALLEY. ADDITIONAL WORKINGS INCLUDE A 50 FT. ADIT AND A 20 FT. INCLINED SHAFT ON EAST SIDE OF HILL. 80 FT. BELOW MAIN WORKINGS ON NW SIDE OF HILL AN EXPLORATORY ADIT FAILED TO DEVELOP ANY ORE BELOW AND TO THE NORTH OF ORE BODY.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MINE WORKINGS ARE ALONG THE CONTACTS OF AN IRREGULAR BODY OF LIME-RICH ROCKS ENCLOSED IN GRANODIORITE, METAMORPHIC ROCKS MAYBE CONNECTED WITH A LARGE BODY OF SCHIST AND HORNFELS THAT EXTENDS ALONG THE RIDGE TOP. BEDDING IN LARGER MASS OF MARBLE APPROXIMATELY PARALLELS THE PREVAILING NW TREND OF FOLIATION IN THE SCHIST, BEDDING IN THE SMALLER MARBLE BODY IS AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE PREVAILING TREND. GRANODIORITE IS FAIRLY MAFIC WITH NO PRONOUNCED FOLIATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1958; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, TULARE COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 54, NO. 3, P. 351-353.
Reference (Deposit): KRAUSKOPF, K.B., 1953; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF MADERA, FRESNO, TULARE COUNTIES; DIV. OF MINES, SPEC. REPT. 35, P. 14-16.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M.; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 382-386.
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J.G.
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