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American Gold and Tungsten

Past Producer in San Bernardino 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035310
MRDS ID M022610
Record type Site
Current site name American Gold and Tungsten
Alternate or previous names Top Notch
Related records 10134746

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.62228, 35.31082 (WGS84)
Relative position NORTH OF THE UNION MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030S 041E 19 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4; UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritized, Sericitized, And Veins Show Signs Of Carbonatization.

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) -117.62228, 35.31082
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Atolia

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner American Gold And Tungsten Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • LITTLE SCHEELITE PRODUCED FROM TOP NOTCH SHAFT - NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 50.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • TOP NOTCH SHAFT INCLINED AT .38 DEG. NORTH, ANOTHER SHALLOW INCLINED SHAFT ON A VEIN 150 FT. NORTH OF TOP NOTCH SHAFT. SEVERAL OTHER SHAFTS ARE SUNK ON ANOTHER VEIN WHICH STRIKES N 32 W, DIPS 40 - 60 NE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D. M., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 334 - 335.

  • Deposit

    PARTRIDGE, J. F., 1941, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, NO. 2, P. 284.

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 111, APPENDEX.

  • Production

    LEMMON, D. M.

Reporter information

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

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