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Bishop Concentrate and Cleaning Co.

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035162
MRDS ID M022335
Record type Site
Current site name Bishop Concentrate and Cleaning Co.
Alternate or previous names Bishop Tungsten Mines Mill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.39955, 37.27411 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MILE WEST OF HIGHWAY 395, 6 MILES SOUTH OF BISHOP.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bishop(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 008S 033E 07 California

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4, UTM EST

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Scheelite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.39955, 37.27411
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike WEST
    Dip SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCK IS AN ALTERED GRANITE WHICH CONTAINS MUSCOVITE AND MICACEOUS VEINLETS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1937, 1939

Mining district

District name Bishop

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO REPORTED PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • 60 FT. ADIT, SERIES OF OPENCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARTRIDGE, J.F. JR., 1941; TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA; 37TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CALIF. DIV. MINES, P. 292-293

  • Production

    PARTRIDGE, 1941

Reporter information

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

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