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Scheelore Mine

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008603
MRDS ID D000916
Record type Site
Current site name Scheelore Mine
Alternate or previous names Van Loon
Related records 10188502

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.85095, 37.53327 (WGS84)
Elevation 3444
Relative position SOUTH SIDE OF MT. BALDWIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Convict Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(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)

John Muir Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 005S 028E 12 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.85095, 37.53327
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip STEEP

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1942-1944

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO. 3 ORE BODY YIELDED 1,140 LBS OF TUNGSTEN. TALUS MATERIAL AT NO. 3 IS .25-.50% WO3, MOST SCHEELITE PRODUCED FROM THIS TALUS LITTLE GOLD PRESENT. NORTH SIDE OF RIDGE IS ANOTHER TACTITE BODY, CONTAINED .25% WO3, NOT WORKED AS OF 1944 (?). NO. 2, CONTAINED 1% WO3, NO. 1 HAS TWO SHOOTS, ONE SHOOT 2% WO3, THE OTHER 1% WO3. SOME ORE IS HIGH GRADE, 5 TONS SORTED ORE CONTAINED 11.33% WO3.

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D. M., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US, UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 301-303.

  • Deposit

    RINEHART, C. D. AND ROSS, D. C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MT. MORRISON QUAD., USGS PROF. PAPER 385, P. 96-97.

  • Production

    LEMMON, D. M.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODIES SEPARATED BY TALUS AND GLACIAL TILL THAT COVERS THE CONTACT BETWEEN GRANODIORITE AND MARBLE FOR 900 FT. NORTHERN ORE BODY (NO. 3) EXPOSED FOR LENGTH OF 230 FT., MAY CONTAIN PYRITE, PYRRHOTITE AND GARNET AT DEPTH, AVG. WIDTH 10 FT., CONTENT OF WO3 EST. 1%. SOUTH ORE BODIES, NO. 2, 125 FT. LONG, 3 FT. WIDE. NO. 1, TWO SHOOTS, ONE SHOOT 150 FT. LONG, 5 FT. WIDE, THE OTHER IS 100 FT. LONG AND 4 FT. WIDE.
Deposit LAST WORKED CARRIED OUT WAS IN 1954, SEVERAL TRUCKLOADS OF TACTITE WAS SHIPPED TO PINE CREEK MILL OF THE UNION CARBIDE NUCLEAR CO.

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 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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