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Evening Star

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Tin, Copper
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035358
MRDS ID M022673
Record type Site
Current site name Evening Star
Alternate or previous names Bernice, Rex

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.54251, 35.36084 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNTAIN PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cima Dome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mojave National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 015N 013E 24,25 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Tremolite Gangue
Wollastonite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.54251, 35.36084
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AREA OF PRINCIPAL TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION IS ALONG A SINUOUS GRANITE-LIMESTONE CONTACT EXPOSED A QUARTER OF A MILE SE OF TIN WORKINGS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1939 - 1940, 1942 - 1944

Comments on the production information

  • SOME TIN ORE TREATED 1942 - 1944 - NO FIGURES AVAILABLE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1949, 50 TONS OF COPPER-BEARING SILICEOUS VEIN MATERIAL STOCKPILED.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND MANY SURFACE CUTS EXPOSE THE TACTITE ZONE OVER AN AREA OF SEVERAL ACRES. 1951, CONTINUED EXTENSION OF AN OLD ADIT 340 FT. LONG - NO CONTACT HAD BEEN REACHED BY FEB. 1952.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 147 - 148

  • Production

    WRIGHT, L. A., 1953

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TUNGSTEN FROM TACTITE ZONE; COPPER FROM COPPER-BEARING SILICEOUS VEIN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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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