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Garnet Queen Tungsten Mine

Past Producer in Riverside 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103244
MRDS ID M022655
Record type Site
Current site name Garnet Queen Tungsten Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.48335, 33.55226 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 30 MILES SW OF INDIO, WEST SLOPE OF SANTA ROSA MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Toro Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Bernardino 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 Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 007S 005E 20 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.48335, 33.55226
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 E
    Dip 70 S
    Length 457.2M
    Width 1.83M
    Depth to bottom 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • ORE MILLED REPORTED TO ASSAY 0.7 - 1.0% WO3

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS ON BOTH VEINS, ON GARNET QUEEN VEIN CUT IS 50 FT. LENGTH BY 10 FT. DEPTH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1945; MINERAL RESOURCES RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 154.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1941; TUNGSTEN RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, NO. 4, P. 582.

  • Production

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON, 1945

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PARALLEL TACTITE EXPOSURES

Reporter information

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

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