USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Kern County
Leona Tungsten Mine
Unconfirmed Tungsten Underground
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Kern
- Development status
- Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Tungsten
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former W occurrence/mine located in sec. 26, T11N, R14W, SBM, 8.3 km(5.2 miles) NW of Middle Butte (coordinates of record), E of Oak Creek Canyon, along the E margin of the Tehachapi Mountains. MRDS database accuracy for this location is not stated. …
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- commodity:Tungsten
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 80205
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (1)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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