| Deposit ID | 10008715 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D001060 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Tungstar |
| Alternate or previous names | Crawford, Mt. Tom |
| Related records | 10260466 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.71762, 37.38327 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 518 |
| Relative position | STEEP WEST SHOULDER OF MT. TOM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Inyo(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Morgan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Crowley Lake(hydrologic unit)
Mono-Owens Lakes(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Inyo |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 07S | 30E | 04,09,15 | California |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Phlogopite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -118.71762, 37.38327 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Sierra Nevada Batholith |
| General form | IRREGULAR |
|---|---|
| Dip | NEAR VERTICAL |
| Length | 30.48M |
| Width | 12.19M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 106.68M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1936 |
| Year of first production | 1939 |
| Production years | 1939-1945 |
| District name | Pine Creek Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Year | 1944 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Year | 1945 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | -1945 | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D001060 |
LEMMON, D.M., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE U.S., VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 245-248.
LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1961: TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.; U.S.G.S. MAP, MR-25.
LENHART, W.B., 1941, MILLING SCHEELITE AT TUNGSTAR MINE: MINING CONG. JOUR., VOL. 27, NO. 4, P.67-71.
USGS
LEMMON, D.M.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | GREENE ORE BODY AT DEPTH WAS SMALLER THEN AT THE SURFACE, CONSTRICTION MAY ONLY BE LOCAL. |
| Deposit | STEVENS ORE BODY 170 FT. EAST OF GREENE BODY IS 200 FT. LONG AND 20-90 FT. WIDE. LITTLE PRODUCTION FROM STEVENS ORE BODY IT CONTAINED ONLY .5% WO3 |
| 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 | HOST ROCK AGE CORRECTED, DELETED HOST ROCK FROM IGNEOUS ROCK TYPE. |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1991 | Mosier, Dan | 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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