Scheelite Nugget

Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008701
MRDS ID D001041
Record type Site
Current site name Scheelite Nugget
Related records 10260463

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10093, 37.36662 (WGS84)
Relative position NW OF DEEP SPRING VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deep Springs Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(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 07S 35E 01,02,11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result 1-5% WO3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.10093, 37.36662

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.23M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 38.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS 15, 30 AND 80 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE U.S.; VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 204

  • Deposit

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

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.

Authoritative California resources

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