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White Dollar

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008641
MRDS ID D000964
Record type Site
Current site name White Dollar
Alternate or previous names May Day
Related records 10212780

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.80087, 34.71668 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 11 AIRLINE MILES SOUTHWARD FROM DAGGETT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ord Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(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 007N 002E 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.80087, 34.71668
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 10 - 20 W
    Dip 68 SW
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THERE ARE SOME EAST - TRENDING RHYOLITE DIKES, TWO LIME-MAGNESIUM SILICATE DIKES ABOUT 180 FT. APART TRAVERSE THE COUNTRY N 20 W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1951 - 1952

Comments on the production information

  • FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE MINED - SOME ORE REPORTED ASSAYED 1.4% WO3, AVG. GRADE LESS THAN 1% WO3 - NO FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • 500 FT. OF WORKINGS EXPLORED BY OPEN CUTS AND SHALLOW SHAFT INCLINED 50 DEG. SW, 200 FT. WEST OF SHAFT IS AN OPEN CUT ENDING IN A VERTICAL UNDERHAND STOPE, 6 FT. WIDE, 20 FT. LONG AND 30 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO CO.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39, NO. 4, P. 504.

  • 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. 153.

  • Production

    WRIGHT, L. A.

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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