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Pawnee 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103245
MRDS ID M022665
Record type Site
Current site name Pawnee Mine
Alternate or previous names Carr
Related records 10164303

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.71002, 33.43838 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 6 MILES NE OF OAK GROVE, 9 MILES FROM AGWANGA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beauty Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Borrego Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Santa Margarita(hydrologic unit)

Laguna-San Diego Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 008S 003E 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE OCCURS IN A GARNETIFEROUS GANGUE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
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 Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.71002, 33.43838
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Length 21.34M
    Width 2.44M

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 MINED REPORTED 1 1/2% WO3 - NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT AND A TUNNEL 30 FT. BELOW SURFACE, OTHER LEVELS 90 FT. AND 140 FT., 100 FT. OF DRIFTING ON EACH LEVEL. ON SURFACE IS A GLORY HOLE 70 FT. BY 6 - 8 FT. IN WIDTH CONNECTED BY RAISES TO TUNNEL. STOPE ON 60 FT. LEVEL.

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. 156.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1940; CURRENT MINING ACTIVITY IN S. CALIF.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 36, NO. 1, P. 48.

  • Production

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON, 1940

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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