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Keogh

Past Producer in Inyo 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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008709
MRDS ID D001051
Record type Site
Current site name Keogh
Related records 10284969

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.6009, 36.21664 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 7 MILES LITTLE WEST OF SOUTH FROM DARWIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

China Gardens Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panamint Valley(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NAVY(Federal land areas administered by NAVY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 20S 40E 23 California

Comments on the location information

  • NO UTM TICKS ON QUAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Analytical data

Result 5-6.18% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.6009, 36.21664
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Length 12.19M
    Width 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Cross Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the production information

  • FEW TONS OF ORE ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 1% WO3 FROM 12 FT. SHAFT.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS & SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M. TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE U.S., VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 182

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A. AND STEWART, R.M., 1951; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 47, NO. 1; DIV. OF MINES, P. 197.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1941; TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, NO. 4; DIV. OF MINES, P. 569

  • Production

    LEMMON, D.M.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE IN GRANODIORITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-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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