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Tungsten Blue

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Production statistics
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008561
MRDS ID D000864
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten Blue
Alternate or previous names Pappas
Related records 10163893

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.53427, 37.34994 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tungsten Hills(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 031E 12 California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4, UTM ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.53427, 37.34994
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: GABBRO SURROUNDS TACTITE PENDANT, WHICH IS 80 BY 120 FT. AND DEEPEST EXPOSURE IS ABOUT 110 FT. BELOW OUTCROP, DEPTH TO WHICH PENDANT EXTENDS IS UNKNOWN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1941-1942, 1942-1943, 1944

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period - 1944
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 27wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL ORE TREATED WAS 38,400 TONS WHICH AVG. .35-.4% WO3.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 51.82M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 OPEN PITS, A 300 FT. HAULAGE LEVEL, AN ADIT, A GRIZZLY LEVEL WAS ESTABLISHED 70 FT. ABOVE THE ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M.; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US, VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 259-261.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    LEMMON, D.M.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL TACTITE BODY
Deposit MORE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT WARRENTED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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