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Milton Creek Prospect, Nicoll Hilton Cr. Mine Phelps Hilton Cr. Mine

Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum
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  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
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  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031530
MRDS ID M010501
Record type Site
Current site name Milton Creek Prospect, Nicoll Hilton Cr. Mine Phelps Hilton Cr. Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.79095, 37.52911 (WGS84)
Elevation 3101
Relative position SE1/4 SE1/4; LIES JUST W OF HILTON CREEK PROJECTED FROM NE COR. T. 5S., R. 30 E ON CASA DIABLO MTN. TOPO SHEET.

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 029E 10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: A STEEPLY-DIPPING TACTITE BODY, 1050' LONG AND FROM 3-22' WIDE, EXTENDS ALONG A CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITE ON THE E AND A NARROW BELT OF LIMESTONE ON THE W. ABOUT 260' OF THIS BODY IS OF MINABLE WIDTH AND GRADE AND PROBABLY AVERAGES 0.8% WO3. SMALL AMOUNTS OF MOLYBDENITE IN BOTH MINES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPPED A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE IN FALL OF 1939 AND SUMMER OF 1940.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 4 SHORT ADITS, A SMALL OPEN CUT, AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES. THIS MAY BE THE "NICHOLS" MINE WHICH SOLD TUNGSTEN IN 1962 - PER USBM MIN YB.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS B. 931-E, P. 97-99 AND PL. 14

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP MR-25, NO. 52

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 38, NOS. 3 AND 4, P. 339; ADD. REF.: USGS PROF. PAPER 385, P. 93 - 94, PL. 1

Reporter information

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

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