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Pickup

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103220
MRDS ID M022330
Record type Site
Current site name Pickup
Alternate or previous names Chipmunk
Related records 10139094

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.47455, 37.30327 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position FORKS OF SECOND CANYON SOUTH OF BISHOP CREEK, ABOUT 6 MILES SW OF BISHOP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bishop(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 Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 032E 33 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, UTM ACC

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVG., .5% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.47455, 37.30327
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 51.82M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PENDANT HAS LENGTH OF 500 FT. AND MAXIUM BREATH OF 250 FT. INTRUSION OF GABBRO PRECEDED QTZ. MONZONITE AND SMALL MASSES OF GABBRO ARE FOUND AT EDGE OF PENDANT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1940-1941

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 200 TONS OF ORE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 164.59M

Comments on the workings information

  • 370 FT. ADIT, RAISE. ANOTHER ADIT 24 FT. HIGHER AT SOUTH END OF PENDANT WITH 130 FT. OF WORKINGS AND A 40 FT. SHAFT AT PORTAL OF SOUTH ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US, VOL. I, UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 217-219.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    LEMMON, D.M.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRINCIPAL MINERALIZATION IS ALONG SE EDGE OF PENDANT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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