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Alvord

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035166
MRDS ID M022340
Record type Site
Current site name Alvord
Related records 10115298

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.53091, 36.62079 (WGS84)
Relative position SOUTH OF RACE TRACK, NE OF KEELER, 5 MILES WEST OF GOLDBELT SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jackass Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saline Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015S 041E 20,21 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.53091, 36.62079
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ubehebe

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. 195.

  • Deposit

    PARTRIDGE, J.F. JR., 1941; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF CALIFORNIA; 37TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. DIV. OF MINES, P. 310.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LEDGE 10 FT. WIDE AND 300 FT. LONG

Reporter information

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

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