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War Baby

Past Producer in Mariposa 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008596
MRDS ID D000909
Record type Site
Current site name War Baby
Related records 10163209

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.6843, 37.4166 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fish Camp(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shaver Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fresno River(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sierra 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 Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006S 021E 09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.6843, 37.4166
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION; NO FIGURES AVAILABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E. AND CLIFFTON, G. H., 1957, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, MARIPOSA COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 53, NO. 1 & 2, DIV. OF MINES, P. 331.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    BOWEN AND CLIFFTON, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OPERATED 1939 - 1940 BY BISSETT AND REA. MAY NOW BE UNDER ANOTHER NAME. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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