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Mohawk Shaft

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Gold, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101187
MRDS ID C010641
Record type Site
Current site name Mohawk Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.30622, 37.49883 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Relative position 9.5 MI. NE BISHOP

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 005S 033E 24,25 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. NE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.30622, 37.49883
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 230 LBS. OF CONCENTRATE RECOVERED AVG. 52.17 % WO3 FROM 14 TONS OF ORE. NO PRODUCTION RECORD FOUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BATEMAN, P. C., 1956 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BISHOP TUNGSTEN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIVISION OF MINES & GEOLOGY SPECIAL REPORT 47 , P. 80 .

  • Deposit

    NETZEBAND, F. F., AND OTHERS, 1952 , MONO COUNTY: US BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL YEARBOOK, V. 3 , P. 190 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN
Deposit PRIMARILY A GOLD MINE, BUT MORE WORK COULD RECOVER SCHEELITE AS A BY-PRODUCT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1979 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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