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Aeroplane

Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008556
MRDS ID D000857
Record type Site
Current site name Aeroplane
Alternate or previous names Mesa, Moonlight, Standard Tungsten City Milling Co.
Related records 10212496

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.53427, 37.34994 (WGS84)
Relative position IN THE TUNGSTEN HILLS ON DIVIDE BETWEEN DEEP CREEK AND MCGEE CREEK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tungsten Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 031E 13 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, UTM ACC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.53427, 37.34994
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip STEEP
    Thickness 3.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • CALCAREOUSQUARTZITES,DOLOMITICLIMESTONES MARBLE, CALC-SILICATES AND HORNFELS; CALCAREOUS METAMORPHIC ROCK IN CONTACT WITH DIORITE AND GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1916-1918, 1942-1944

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1918
    Period - 1918
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 45000mt
  • Year 1944
    Period - 1944
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 51000mt

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 51,000 TONS ORE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 59.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • GLORY HOLE REACHED FROM 2 ADITS 50 AND 195 FT. BELOW OUTCROP. RAISES AND A STOPE WEST OF THE GLORY HOLE. ADIT 270 FT. LONG IN NORTH ORE BODY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M.; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US; VOL I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 248-250.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962; TUNGSTEN IN THE US; USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Production

    LEMMON, D.M.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOW GRADE ORE. 3 ORE BODIES. DEVELOPED UNDERGROUND
Deposit THREE ORE BODIES, ONE BED IS 13 FT. THICK, 25 FT. WEST OF GLORY HOLE IS ANOTHER BED 10 FT. THICK AND 100 FT. LONG, NORTH ORE BODY IS 4 FT. WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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