Hanging Valley

Past Producer in Inyo 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035155
MRDS ID M022327
Record type Site
Current site name Hanging Valley
Alternate or previous names J. and M. Millovich
Related records 10163851

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.66651, 37.33105 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position PINE CREEK SIDE OF RIDGE, 4000 FT. SW OF TUNGSTAR MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Tom(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)

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 Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 030E 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • W 1/2, UTM ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.66651, 37.33105

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N55-60W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 28.96M
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THICK TALUS MATERIAL COVERS EXTENSION OF TACTITE LAYER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1942, 1947-1948

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1942
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^Slightly Over 1% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct
  • Year 1948
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1.25% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • 15 FT. SHAFT AND 65 FT. ADIT, LATER MADE 380 FT. LONG TWO CROSSCUTS AND A 40 FT. INCLINED WINZE 70 FT. FROM START OF 2ND CROSSCUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., TUNGSTEN IN THE US; VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 230-231.

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A. AND STEWART, R.M., 1951; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 47, NO. 1; DIV. OF MINES, P. 88, 197.

  • Production

    LEMMON, D.M.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECTS NEAR HORTON LAKE ARE SMALL AND LOW GRADE.

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

Authoritative California resources

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