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Sheephead

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101406
MRDS ID D001054
Record type Site
Current site name Sheephead
Alternate or previous names Victory
Related records 10134567

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.03422, 36.31665 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 MILES SW OF FURNACE CREEK RANCH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wildrose Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(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

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 18S 45E 25 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4; SEC. PROJECTED UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Malachite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2-12 % 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) -117.03422, 36.31665
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NORTH
    Dip 25E
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • ONE TON OF HIGH GRADE ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A. AND STEWART, R.M., 1951; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES INYO COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 47, NO. 1; DIV. OF MINES, P. 95.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Production

    NORMAN AND STEWART, 1951

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN ALSO IN TACTITE ZONE WHICH IS 600 FT. LONG, AVG. WIDTH OF 6 FT. TOTAL MINERALIZED AREA EXTENDS 800-1000 FT. IN LENGTH AND 500-600 FT. IN WIDTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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