California · Kern County
Producer

Lucky Hit Deposit

Kern County, California, United States
TungstenCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFractures In Shear Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite, Scheelite
GangueEpidote, Garnet
Geology
Host rockMetasedimentary Rock
Associated rockDiorite
StructureTwo Prominent Fractures Exposed In Adit, One Strikes N 45 W And Is Vertical, The Other Strikes N 15 W, Dips 30 Ne.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1916 - 1920, 1954 - 1956
Identification
Deposit ID10035286
MRDS IDM022584
Alternate namesBuckhorn, Why Not
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.74359, -118.57898
References
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. 303 - 304, 318TROXEL AND MORTON, 1962