Cuprotungstite

Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10236670
MAS/MILS ID 0060270865
Record type Site
Current site name Cuprotungstite
Alternate or previous names Cuprotungtite, Right of Way, Birthday Gift

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -117.56531, 36.60136 (WGS84)
Elevation 1420
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

Jackass Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saline Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 015 S 041 E 30 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -117.56531, 36.60136

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES SPECIAL REPORT 42, 1955, P. 51.

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 105-85, 1985, NO. 11,

  • Deposit

    P. 13.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.