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Round Valley Peak

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 10035149
MRDS ID M022321
Record type Site
Current site name Round Valley Peak

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.66901, 37.44272 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Relative position EAST SIDE OF WHEELER CREST

Site location context

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)

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 Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 006S 030E 03 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result .3 - .5% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.66901, 37.44272
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip STEEP
    Length 914.4M
    Width 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PENDANT COMPOSED OF HORNFELS AND MARBLE IS ABOUT 3/4 MILE LONG AND 1/8 MILE WIDE, IT OCCUPIES A SMOOTH, GENTLY SLOPING UPLAND SURFACE BORDERED ON THE EAST BY THE ABRUPT MILE-DEEP ESCARPMENT INTO ROUND VALLEY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US, VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 220-221.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE BODY IS CUT BY A GULCH TO A DEPTH OF 175 FT. BELOW TOP OF OUTCROP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 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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