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Starbright

Past Producer in San Bernardino 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. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008578
MRDS ID D000887
Record type Site
Current site name Starbright
Related records 10140664

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.90087, 35.11667 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES NE OF LANE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lane Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(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 San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 012N 001E 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE TACTITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.90087, 35.11667
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike EAST - WEST
    Dip 45 S
    Length 30.48M
    Width 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: REGION IS UNDERLAIN BY A COMPLEX OF PLUTONIC IGNEOUS ROCKS RANGING FROM QUARTZ DIORITE TO GABBRO, WITHIN COMPLEX ARE MASSES OF METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Production years 1950 - 1951

Production statistics

  • Year 1951
    Period 1951
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 2wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT MINING AT FIRST, THEN AN INCLINED SHAFT 25 DEG. SOUTH FOR 80 FT. WITH AN EASTERLY DRIFT ON THE 80 FT. LEVEL FOR 30 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 152 - 153.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    BATEMAN AND IRWIN, 1954, CALIF. DEPT. OF NAT. RES., DIV. OF MINES, BULL. 170, CHAPT. 8.

  • Deposit

    HAZENBUSH, G.C., 1952, CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 48, NO. 3, P. 201-206.

  • Production

    WRIGHT, L. A.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST SIGNIFICANT TUNGSTEN DEVELOPMENT IN CALIFORNIA IN 1950'S WAS STILL ACTIVE IN 1952 - NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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