1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Mojave Tungsten

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. 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. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008579
MRDS ID D000888
Record type Site
Current site name Mojave Tungsten
Alternate or previous names Green
Related records 10134611, 10140843

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.56751, 35.55 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 10 MILES NORTH OF VALLEY WELLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clark Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 017N 013E 15 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result .5 TO 5% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.56751, 35.55
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST
    Dip 85 S
    Length 22.86M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE SHOOTS FORM INTERSECTION OF CROSS-FRACTURES WHICH STRIKE N 25 W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1915 - 1916

Mining district

District name Clark Mountain

Production statistics

  • Year 1916
    Period 1916
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 60wt-pct
  • Year 1916
    Period 1916
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Conc. Tungsten Tungsten 50wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 170 FT. DEEP SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET OF DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES SAN BERNARDINO CO.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39, NO. 4, P. 504 - 505.

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 121.

  • Production

    WRIGHT, L. A.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS TRACEABLE ON SURFACE FOR 1,000 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-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.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative California resources

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