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Hard Point Prospect

Occurrence in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031523
MRDS ID M010481
Record type Site
Current site name Hard Point Prospect
Alternate or previous names Laurel Cr. Prospect, Bloody Mountain Tungsten Group: Free Gold, Red Bluff, Sibyl, Lloyd, Joe Claims
Related records 10140209

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.90956, 37.57271 (WGS84)
Relative position ON NORTHERN SLOPE OF BLOODY MTN. ABOVE THE LAUREL LAKES. IN SE1/4 SW1/4.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bloody Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(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)

John Muir Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 028E 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.90956, 37.57271
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CONTACT-METAMORPHIC DEPOSITS. ROOF ROCK IS HORNFELS WITH LAYERS OF LIME-SILICATES; TUNGSTEN IS UNITED WITH LIME-BEARING LAYERS TO FORM CALCIUM TUNGSTATE OR SCHEELITE. ORE BODIES IRREGULAR IN SHAPE. MOLYBDENITE, PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, AND CHALCOPYRITE ALSO PRESENT. ASSAYS SHOW GOLD VALUES AS GREAT AS $30 PER TON, AND ALSO SILVER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. V. 30, NO. 1, P. 83 AND 84, PL. 2 AND 3

  • Deposit

    USGS B. 931- PAPER 385, P. 98, PL. 1; USGS BULL. 1182E, P. 39

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANDERSON EXAMINED IN 1943 LEMON EXAMINED IN 1943 IN CLIFF 200' HIGH. ASSAYED 1.30% MO & 0.7% W.

Reporter information

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

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