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Van Loon Scheelore 8 Claims

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. 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 10031525
MRDS ID M010485
Record type Site
Current site name Van Loon Scheelore 8 Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.86539, 37.52911 (WGS84)
Elevation 3353
Relative position NW1/4 SE1/4 PROJECTED FROM NE COR. 5S/30E ON CASA DIABLO MTN. TOPO MAP PROBABLY SE1/4 SE1/4 ALSO.

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.86539, 37.52911
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LARGE BODY OF SCHEELITE-BEARING TACTITE. HERE THE WIDE LIMESTONE BELT EXTENDING SOUTHWARD FROM LAUREL MT. ACROSS CONVICT CREEK AND MT. BALDWIN ABUTS AGAINST GRANITE. THREE OREBODIES KNOWN AS NO. 1, NO. 2 AND NO. 3; SAMPLES TAKEN REPORTED TO CARRY FROM .5% TO 2% WO3.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B. 931-E, P. 100 AND PL. 14

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 37, NO. 2, P. 581

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP MR-258 NO. 51; ADD. REF.: INDEX OF DMEA REPORTS (CALIFORNIA-NEVADA), DMA NO. 1376, P. 5; USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1952, P. 146; CALIF. V. 38, NOS. 3 AND 4, P. 339; US GEOL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 385, P. 96-97, PL. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORK CONFINED TO NO. 3 OREBODY WHICH CONSISTS OF SLUICING SLIDE MATERIAL INTO A PLANT WITH CAPACITY OF 100 TONS/DAY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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