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Mohawk Shaft

Occurrence in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Gold
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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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094244
MRDS ID D001038
Record type Site
Current site name Mohawk Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.30094, 37.48327 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Laws(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley 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)

White Mountains Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 034E 24 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM AND SEC. EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.30094, 37.48327
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bishop Tungsten

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BATEMAN, P. C., 1956, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BISHOP TUNGSTEN DISTRICT, SPECIAL REPT. 47, DIV. OF MINES, P. 80.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D. M., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US; UNPUBLISHED DATA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TRACES OF SCHEELITE FOUND IN STREAKS FEW INCHES LONG IN HORNFELS SE OF SHAFT.
Deposit IF GOLD VEIN PENETRATED BY MOHAWK SHAFT WERE TO BE WORKED FOR GOLD, POSSIBILITY OF RECOVERING SCHEELITE AS A BY PRODUCT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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