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Rossi

Past 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008563
MRDS ID D000867
Record type Site
Current site name Rossi
Alternate or previous names Bishop Tungsten Co., Mineral Dome

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.40094, 37.31661 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES SOUTH OF BISHOP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bishop(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 032E 24,25 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, UTM ACC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.40094, 37.31661
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 121.92M
    Width 45.72M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: TACTITE ZONE IS LARGELY CONCEALED BY GRANITE SAND AND LARGE GRANITE BOULDERS WHICH HAVE SLUMPED FORM RIDGE TO THE SOUTH. ; HR.AGE.MV: ALTERED SILICEOUS ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1937-1940, 1942

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 13,500 TONS OF ORE TREATED

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 SHAFT INCLINED STEEPLY SOUTHWARD, IRREGULAR SERIES OF SMALL STOPES AND SHORT DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M.; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US, VOL I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 219-220.

  • 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 STEEP 100 FT. INCLINE BOTTOMS IN GRANITE

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

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