Dyche Valley Mine

Past Producer in San Diego county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103225
MRDS ID M022375
Record type Site
Current site name Dyche Valley Mine
Alternate or previous names Hagee
Related records 10213831

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.81835, 33.29311 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF RINCON, NORTH SIDE OF PALOMAR MT. CREST HIGHWAY.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palomar Observatory(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borrego Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis Rey-Escondido(hydrologic unit)

Laguna-San Diego Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cleveland 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 San Diego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 010S 002E 19 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, SE 1/4; UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 701.04M
    Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1943-1945, MID 1950'S

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT FROM WHICH 2 DRIFTS AND IRREGULAR STOPES WERE APPENDED ADDITIONAL WORKINGS CONSIST OF SHALLOW CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEBER, H.F., 1963; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES SAN DIEGO CO., CA.; CA. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPT. 3, P. 277

  • Production

    WEBER, H.F.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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