The Blossom Peak is a tungsten mine located in Tulare county, California.
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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
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Blossom Peak MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blossom Peak
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Tulare
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
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
Type: L
Description: Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Production): SOME ORE MILLED DURING 1954, AT THE WORKING FACE, THE GOUGE ZONE CONTAINED AN ESTIMATED 0.75% WO3. NO PRODUCTION FIGURE AVAILABLE.
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE IN SHEAR ZONE IN GRANODIORITE
Comment (Deposit): SOME ARE THIN TABULAR BODIES WHICH FOLLOW THE BEDDIG PLANES, BUT MOST ARE CHIMNEYS OR POCKETS OR VERY IRREGULAR SHAPE.
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 SE 1/4; UTM EST.
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE IS IN TACTITE FRAGMENTS AND IN GREEN CLAY GOUGE SURROUNDING THE TACTITE. NARROW VEINLETS OF PURE SCHEELITE UP TO 2 IN. IN WIDTH CUT BOTH GRANITE AND GOUGE ALONG FAULT.
Comment (Workings): TWO SLOT-STOPES AND AN ADIT HAVE DEVELOPED THE SHEAR ZONE BENEATH APLITE DIKE. UPPER STOPE IS 10 FT. HIGH BY 6 FT. WIDE AND 30 FT. LONG. 20 FT. BELOW IS AN ADIT DRIVEN N30W FOR 60 FT. SECOND STOPE IN 20 FT. IS IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE ADIT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE CROPS OUT OVER ENTIRE HILL BEHIND MINE. GRANODIORITE - LIMESTONE CONTACT LIES 300 FT. TO THE NW. AN APLITE DIKE ABOUT 18 INCHES WIDE STRIKING N45E, DIPS GENTLY NORTH, OVERLIES DEPOSIT. SHEAR ZONE DOES NOT APPEAR TO CUT DIKE.
Comment (Deposit): TIP TOP MINE PRODUCED 7650 STU WO3 DURING 1953-55. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): LAT LONG ARE CENTRAL FOR DISTRICT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)
Comment (Workings): ADITS, TUNNELS, TRENCHES
Comment (Geology): THE ROCKS ARE INTRUDED BY GRANITES AND BASIC IGNEOUS ROCKS. THE SEDIMENTS RANGE IN AGE FROM THE KOOTENAI FM TO THE FLATHEAD QUARTZITE.
Comment (Development): MINES: WELCOME, MIKE HANNON, BEN G, TIPTOP, CLIFF, RICHMOND, MOONLIGHT, FOX STRAW HAT, BLUE BOTTLE; DEPOSITS: FOSTER CREEK DOLOMITE, E. SPRING HILL DOLOMITE, S. SPRING HILL, E. FOSTER CREEK DOLOMITE, FOSTER CREEK LIMESTONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J.G., 1958; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, TULARE COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 54, NO. 3, P. 349-350.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Production): GOODWIN, J.G.
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