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Waucoba

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008704
MRDS ID D001045
Record type Site
Current site name Waucoba
Alternate or previous names Last Rose

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.93425, 36.96662 (WGS84)
Elevation 1676
Relative position 3 MILES SE OF WAUCOBA SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Waucoba Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saline Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(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

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 11S 37E 27 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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.93425, 36.96662
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 12.19M
    Width 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ALTERED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS NOW COMPOSED PRINCIPALLY OF TALC, ORIGINALLY PROBABLY ARGILLACEOUS DOLOMITE. TALC ZONE IS 260 FT. WIDE AT THE SURFACE AND IS INTERBEDDED WITH PHYLLITE TO THE WEST, THICK-BEDDED QUARTZITE TO THE EAST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1940

Production statistics

  • Year 1940
    Period 1940
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Wo3 Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE RANGED FROM .5-3% WO3 1940 FIGURE WAS FROM 175 TONS OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • 160 FT. SHAFT INCLINED AT 54 DEG., WITH 3 LEVELS AND 760 FT. OF DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE U.S., VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 206-207.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    LEMMON, D.M.

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.

External references

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