Mine detail: Credow Mountain

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Location: Tulare County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.91664, -118.8676
dep_id: 10008694
mrds_id: D001032
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Scheelite
gangue: Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
work_type: Surface
ore_ctrl: Drag Folds Or Overturning Adjacent To Fault
Reporter: Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.)
hrock_type: Limestone
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Fault
prod_yrs: 1951-1955 INTERMITTENTLY
References:
  • Deposit:: GOODWIN, J.G., 1958; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, TULARE COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 54, NO. 3, P. 353-355
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
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