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Obelisk No 1

Past Producer in Fresno 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10163715
MRDS ID D000876
MAS/MILS ID 0060190341
Record type Site
Current site name Obelisk No 1
Related records 10008571

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.86345, 36.90215 (WGS84)
Elevation 2731
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fresno(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tehipite Dome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Whitney(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fresno(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper King(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sierra National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Monarch Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Fresno

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012 S 029 E 07 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epidote Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.86345, 36.90215
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 35E
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N30W:35E
    Date of Last Modification 830301

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1953

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Hongola, Vance H.
    Home office California
    Year 1972
  • Type Unknown
    Owner James Clark
    Home office California
    Year 1972

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM MIN YB V 3,1955,P 210;1957,P 217; INDEX DMEA REPTS CA,N

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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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