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War Baby

Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Iron
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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 10092533
MRDS ID M030155
Record type Site
Current site name War Baby
Related records 10187681

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.02813, 36.19164 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Haiwee Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Three Rivers(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Owens Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020S 036E 13 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPOTTY DISTRIBUTION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.19 % TO 1.4 % MOS2

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.02813, 36.19164
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KIRKEMO ET. AL.; 1965 ; MOLY IN THE U.S.; USGS BULL 1182-E, P. 37

  • Reserve-Resource

    REPORT BY DORSETT, O.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MOS2 IS PRESENT AS 1/4 TO 1 INCH RADIATING CLUSTERS THAT FORM NESTS UP TO 1 FOOT IN DIAMETER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Theodore, Ted G. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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