Blossom Peak Mines, Blossom Peak, Three Rivers, Tulare County, California, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Blossom Peak Mines | Group of Mines |
| Blossom Peak | Peak |
| Three Rivers | - not defined - |
| Tulare County | County |
| California | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° 25' 0'' North , 118° 52' 60'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Mines
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Three Rivers | 2,182 (2011) | 3.1km |
| Lemon Cove | 308 (2011) | 13.9km |
| Lindcove | 406 (2011) | 17.5km |
| Woodlake | 7,654 (2017) | 19.3km |
| Tooleville | 339 (2017) | 25.2km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tule Gem and Mineral Society | Farmersville, California | 32km |
A former W occurrences/mine(s) located in the SE¼SE¼ (estimated) sec. 25, T17S, R28E, MDM, 0.9 km (0.6 mile) SSE of Blossom Peak (coordinates of record) and 3.1 km (1.9 miles) SE of Three Rivers, along an small tributary of the South Fork Kaweah River. MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 250 meters.
Mineralization is hosted in mafic gneiss and granodiorite (hornblendite). The ore body strikes N18-30W and dips 80W-vertical. Controls for ore emplacement included a 2 to 5 foot wide shear zone. The rocks are intruded by granites and basic igneous rocks. The sediments range in age from the Kootenai Formation to the Flathead Quartzite. Limestone crops out over the entire hill behind the mine. Granodiorite-limestone contact lies 300 feet to the NW. An aplite dike about 18 inches wide striking N45E, dips gently N, and overlies the deposit. The shear zone does not appear to cut the dike. Tactite in the shear zone in the granodiorite. Some are thin, tabular bodies which follow the bedding planes, but most are chimneys or pockets or very irregular shaped bodies. Scheelite is in tactite fragments and in green clay gouge surrounding the tactite. Narrow veinlets of pure scheelite up to 2 inches in width cut both granite and gouge along the fault.
Local rocks include Mesozoic granitic rocks, unit 3 (Sierra Nevada, Death Valley area, Northern Mojave Desert and Transverse Ranges) and/or pre-Cenozoic metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks undivided.
Local geologic structures include: A fault.
Workings include surface and underground openings comprised of adits, tunnels, and trenches. Two slot-stopes and an adit have been developed the shear zone beneath the aplite dike. The upper stope is 10 feet high by 6 feet wide and 30 feet long. 20 feet below is an adit driven N30W for 60 feet. A second stope in the adit 20 feet is immediately above the adit.
Production data are found in: Goodwin, Joseph Grant (1958).
Production information: Some ore was milled during 1954. At the working face, the gouge zone contained as estimated 0.75% WO3. No production figures are available.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
| ⓘ Epidote Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| ⓘ 'Garnet Group' Formula: X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Scheelite Formula: Ca(WO4) |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
| ⓘ | Scheelite | 7.GA.05 | Ca(WO4) |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Epidote | 9.BG.05a | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Garnet Group' | - | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| O | ⓘ Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Garnet Group | X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| Ca | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
| W | Tungsten | |
| W | ⓘ Scheelite | Ca(WO4) |
Other Databases
| Link to USGS MRDS: | 10101402 |
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Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North AmericaContinent
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Antler Foreland BasinBasin
- Foothills-Wallowa DomainDomain
- Sierra Nevada BatholithVolcanic Arc
USA
- Sierra NevadaMountain Range
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References
(n.d.) Minerals Availability System (MAS), U.S. Bureau of Mines.file ID #0061070122
