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Mountain Kid

Occurrence 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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008710
MRDS ID D001052
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Kid
Related records 10285005

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.66757, 36.1833 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES WEST OF OLD COSO, 75 MILES SW OF DARWIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coso Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panamint Valley(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NAVY(Federal land areas administered by NAVY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 20S 40E 19 California

Comments on the location information

  • NO UTM TICKS ON QUAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1.16 % WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.66757, 36.1833
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 24.38M
    Width 5.18M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 38 FT. DEEP, 30 FT. LEVEL IS A DRIFT E-W 12 AND 40 FT. RESPECTIVELY, TOTAL LENGTH OF DRIFTING WAS 100 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M. - TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE U.S., VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 183.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1941: TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF CALIF; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, NO. 4; DIV. OF MINES, P. 570.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1% WO3

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 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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