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Mt. Tungsten Prospect

Producer in Madera 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107645
MRDS ID D000985
Record type Site
Current site name Mt. Tungsten Prospect
Related records 10261121

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.6343, 37.11661 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Millerton Lake West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shaver Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Joaquin(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Madera

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 009S 021E 25 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.6343, 37.11661
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period 1943
    Material WO3
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^7 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Tungsten Tungsten 7wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 30 TONS ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit POORLY EXPOSED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. 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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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