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War Baby

Producer in Mariposa 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031299
MRDS ID M009972
Record type Site
Current site name War Baby

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.68653, 37.42382 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position W1/2. LOCATED ON THE S. SIDE OF SILVER KNOB. ABOOUT 4 MILES GRADED ROAD NE TO MIAMI RANGER STATION ON US HIGHWAY 41.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fish Camp(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shaver Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fresno River(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sierra 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 Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 06S 21E 09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.68653, 37.42382
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lester Bissett And J. E. Rea
    First year 1942

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1939-40 AND WAS STILL HELD BY BISSETT AND J. E. REA IN 1942 - MAY LATER HAVE BEEN HELD UNDER ANOTHER NAME.

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT 17 BY 4 BY 5 FT. AND AN 80-FT. ADIT IN GRANODIORITE, FROM END OF WHICH CROSSCUT EXTENDS 15 FT. W. AND WINZE 15 FT. DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM S.R. 35, P. 75

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 53, NOS. 1 - 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, P. 331; V. 38, NOS. 3-4, JULY-OCT., 1942, P. 337

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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