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Van Loon

Occurrence 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035150
MRDS ID M022322
Record type Site
Current site name Van Loon
Alternate or previous names Raindrop

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.56066, 37.35133 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tungsten Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 031E 09,10 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result PROBABLY LESS THAN .5% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.56066, 37.35133
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 W
    Dip VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT ON RAINDROP PROSPECT, VAN LOON HAS BEEN EXPLORED THROUGH A SHORT ADIT AND A RAISE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A., AND STEWART, R.M., 1951; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 47 NO. 1; DIV. OF MINES, P. 201.

  • Deposit

    BATEMAN, P.C., ETAL, GEOLOGY AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE TUNGSTEN HILLS, INYO COUNTY; CA JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 46, NO. DIV. OF MINES, P. 38-39.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RAINDROP PROSPECT CONSISTS OF A SMALL ELONGATE BODY 30 FT. LONG, 6-16 FT. WIDE. THE VAN LOON PROSPECT IS MORE OR LESS A CIRCULAR BODY OF QTZ.
Deposit VAN LOON OCCURS IN SEC. 10, WHILE THE RAINDROP IS IN SEC. 9.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative California resources

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