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Pure Quill

Occurrence in San Bernardino 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008642
MRDS ID D000965
Record type Site
Current site name Pure Quill
Related records 10141175

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.8842, 34.65001 (WGS84)
Relative position 18 MILES NORTH OF LUCERNE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Ord Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 006N 001E 04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.8842, 34.65001
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip STEEPLY SW
    Length 304.8M
    Width 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: COMPLEX IS CHIEFLY QUARTZITE, MICA SCHIST AND FOLIATED GRANITIC ROCKS, CUT BY ACIDIC AND BASIC DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • FIRST EXPLORED BY SEVERAL SMALL CUTS, LATER A TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN SW 200 FT. ENCOUNTERING TUNGSTEN-BEARING ZONE AT 170 FT. ZONE WAS FOLLOWED BY DRIFTS 138 FT. NW AND 87 FT. SE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 150 - 151.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE, DISCONTINUOUSLY DISSEMINATED IN AN AMPHIBOLITE LAYER WITHIN A CRYSTALLINE ROCK COMPLEX. AMPHIBOLITE LAYER, COMPOSED ESSENTIALLY OF DARK GREEN AMPHIBOLE WITH SUBORDINATE PHGOCLASE IS FROM 5 TO 20 FT. WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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