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Atolia-Rand Placers

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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035311
MRDS ID M022611
Record type Site
Current site name Atolia-Rand Placers
Alternate or previous names Nieto Placer Group, Redondo Pete

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.62783, 35.30332 (WGS84)
Relative position ADJACENT TO RAINSTORM CLAIM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johannesburg(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 030S;030S 041E;040E 19,30;24,25 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.62783, 35.30332
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1915 - 1919, 1935 - 1936, 1938 - 1940

Mining district

District name Atolia

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pacific Scheelite Corp. (Controlled By Molybdenum Corp. Of America, New York)
    First year 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFTS WITH LEVELS AT 300 AND 500 FT. SMALL TONNAGE STOPED FROM SOUTH VEIN, SEVERAL RAISES WERE RUN ON THIS VEIN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D. M., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US: UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 336.

  • Deposit

    PARTRIDGE, J. F., 1941: TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, NO. 2, P. 285.

  • 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. 112, APPENDEX.

  • Production

    LEMMON, D. M.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLACER DEPOSIT IS OF THE "SPUD" TYPE BEST STREAK CONSISTED OF MATERIAL RESTING ON THE BEDROCK DEPRESSIONS. STREAKS VARY FROM 6 TO 24 INCHES IN THICKNESS.
Deposit REDONDO PETE CLAIM OPERATED 1917 - 1919 BY BLACK HAWK MINING CO. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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.

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Authoritative California resources

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