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Howe

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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035336
MRDS ID M022647
Record type Site
Current site name Howe
Alternate or previous names Section 9
Related records 10164739

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.20665, 34.53725 (WGS84)
Relative position 11 AIRLINE MILES SE OF DANBY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Woman Statue(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Amboy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(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
San Bernardino 005N 017E 09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

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) -115.20665, 34.53725
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 30 NW
    Length 45.72M
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1944

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period 1944
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^4.35% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 4wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL TONNAGE HAS BEEN MINED SINCE, FIGURES NOT AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 100 FT. LONG, 24 FT. MAXIMUM DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943; MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39, NO. 4, P. 503 - 504.

  • 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. 148 - 149.

  • Production

    WRIGHT, L. A.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED ZONE IS PARALLEL TO AND POSSIBLY AN EXTENSION OF THE MINERALIZED ZONE ON THE HIDDEN VALUE MINE TO THE SW.
Deposit COMPRISES 640 ACRES PATENTED, NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

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

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