Claims September Holding & Hillen

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031472
MRDS ID M010304
Record type Site
Current site name Claims September Holding & Hillen

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.2593, 37.93243 (WGS84)
Relative position NEAR ENTRANCE TO YOSEMITE PARK AT N END OF TIOGA LAKE. CLAIMS EXTEND INTO 25 -1N/24E.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tioga Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mono 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 001N 025E 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.2593, 37.93243

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PROMISING TUNGSTEN CLAIMS LOCATED HERE; ASSAYS REPORTED AT 1.0 TO 1.5% WO3 AND 3 TO 4% MOLYBDENUM. A CANADIAN COMPANY WAS TO BEGIN A DRILLING PROGRAM IN SPRING OF 1960.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK, V. III, 1959, P. 188

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 1182E, P. 40

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit W & MO IN HORNFELS. HIGHEST GRADE 0.6 MOS2 & 0.3% WO3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. 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.