Good Enough Prospect

The Good Enough Prospect is a tungsten mine located in Kern county, California.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Good Enough Prospect  

State:  California

County:  Kern

Elevation:

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 35.75222, -118.56833

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Good Enough Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Good Enough Prospect
Secondary: Gribble Group


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum


Location

State: California
County: Kern
District: Greenhorn Summit Tungsten Area


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

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Ownership

Not available


Production

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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: IRREGULAR


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Clinozoisite


Comments

Comment (Location): SW 1/4, UTM EST.

Comment (Deposit): CONTACT ZONE IS QUITE IRREGULAR AND CONTAINS MIGMATITE OR SMALL IRREGULAR MASSES OF HORNBLENDIC QUARTZ DIORITE IN METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS.

Comment (Workings): BULLDOZER STRIPPINGS AND SHALLOW OPEN CUTS-SEVERAL THOUSAND SQ. FEET OF SURFACE HAS BEEN EXPOSED.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: IRREGULAR TACTITE ZONE ALONG CONTACT BETWEEN HORNBLENDE QTZ. DIORITE AND WEST SIDE OF ROOF PENDANT OF MARBLE AND HORNFELS. THE ROOF PENDANT IS 4,000 FT. LONG AND AT LEAST 500 FT. WIDE.


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. 300, 316

Reference (Production): TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962


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