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Marble

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. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008565
MRDS ID D000869
Record type Site
Current site name Marble
Alternate or previous names Shannon Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.38427, 37.19995 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Relative position 10 1/2 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

Coyote Flat(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

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 008S 033E 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVG. .45% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.38427, 37.19995
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 45.72M
    Width 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 51.82M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1943-1945

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 51.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS TOTALING 200 FT. IN LENGTH A 65 FT. INCLINE WITH A 35 FT. VERTICAL WINZE, 50 FT. SHAFT INCLINED AT 80 DEG. AND SEVERAL RAISES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M.; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US; VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 215-216.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A. AND STEWART, R.M., 1951; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 47, NO. 1; DIV. OF MINES, P. 90-91.

  • Production

    LEMMON, D.M.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HIGH WATER TABLE STOPPED EXPLORATION 80 FT BELOW ADIT LEVEL

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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