The Fob Mine is a tungsten mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
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Fob Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fob Mine
Secondary: Pyavin
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
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: 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: AVG. 1% WO3 OR LESS LOCALLY IT IS AS MUCH AS 3% WO3.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Workings): TRENCHES AND SHORT DRIFT ADITS MOSTLY ON FOB NO. 2 CLAIM.
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 SEC. 11 AND CEN, W 1/2 SEC. 12 UTM ACC.
Comment (Production): UNDETERMINED PRODUCTION BEFORE 1950, SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1950.
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE LAYERS SEVERAL TENS OF FT. LONG ORE BODIES ARE DISCONTINOUS WITHIN TACTITE.
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. 315
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