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Brownstone Mine

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10212537
MRDS ID D000852
MAS/MILS ID 0060270022
Record type Site
Current site name Brownstone Mine
Alternate or previous names Brownstone, Brownstone #1 and 2, John Muir Wilderness
Related records 10008551

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.70765, 37.35244 (WGS84)
Elevation 2816
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Tom(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 007 S 030 E 08 NESW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.70765, 37.35244
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, F.L., AND OTHERS, 1985, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE

  • Deposit

    JOHN MUIR WILDERNESS, FRESNO, INYO, MADERA, AND MONO

  • Deposit

    COUNTIES, CA, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, UNPUBLISHED, MLA

  • Deposit

    FILE REPORT, PLATE 1, MAP NO. 37.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-94 Johnson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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