Laughmont Claims

Occurrence in Mono county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008599
MRDS ID D000912
Record type Site
Current site name Laughmont Claims
Related records 10286263

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.45098, 38.46658 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE EAST OF THE WALKER RIVER, 7 1/2 MILES SOUTH - SE FROM COLEVILLE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chris Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

West Walker(hydrologic unit)

Walker(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Lahontan(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Humboldt-Toiyabe 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 Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007N 023E 10 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST.AT OR NEAR DEEP CREEK MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.45098, 38.46658

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D. M., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE US; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 298.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NON-COMMERCIAL MINERALIZATION

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.