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Black Irishman

Occurrence in Mono 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. 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 10008604
MRDS ID D000918
Record type Site
Current site name Black Irishman
Alternate or previous names Morris, Ameil, Pine Tree, Granite, West Tower, Otey
Related records 10116203

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.5989, 34.71667 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position SOUTH OF WILDROSE GRADE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Los Angeles(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burnt Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lancaster(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Los Angeles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Angeles 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 003S 031E 06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.5989, 34.71667
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANODIORITE; INCLUSION IN GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHALLOW TRENCHES AND A 10 FT. OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RINEHART, C. D. AND ROSS, D. C., 1956, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF CASA DIABLO MTN. QUAD, CA.; SPEC. REPT. 48, DIV. OF MINES, P. 8.

  • 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 THE SIZE AND LOW GRADE OF THE DEPOSIT HAS DISCOURAGED EXPLOITATION.

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

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