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Hidden Value

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 10035337
MRDS ID M022648
Record type Site
Current site name Hidden Value
Alternate or previous names Hidden Value and Victory
Related records 10164218

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.22138, 34.53531 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Relative position 16 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)

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
San Bernardino 005N 017E 06,08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue

Analytical data

Result GRADES FROM .5 TO 3% WO3

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) -115.22138, 34.53531
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 30-40 NW
    Length 76.2M
    Width 10.97M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1943 - 1953

Production statistics

  • Year 1945
    Material WO3
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^2.75% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 3wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • OPERATED INTERMITTENTLY SINCE 1943

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1953: TAILINGS ASSAYING 1 TO 1.5% WO3 WERE BEING SAVED FOR FUTURE TREATMENT.

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS

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. 502 - 503.

  • 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.

  • Production

    WRIGHT, L. A.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED BELT IS ABOUT 2 MILES IN LENGHT, ABOUT 1000 FT. WIDE. SCHEELITE OCCURS AT INTERSECTION OF NORTH-TRENDING FRACTURES WHICH CUT THE TACTITE BODY.

Reporter information

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

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