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Tungsten 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035151
MRDS ID M022323
Record type Site
Current site name Tungsten Peak
Related records 10188204

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.51761, 37.3655 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/2 MILE NORTH OF THE TUNGSTEN BLUE MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tungsten Hills(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 031E 01 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW-GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.51761, 37.3655
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BATEMAN, P.C., ETAL, 1950; GEOLOGY AND TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE TUNGSTEN HILLS, INYO COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 46, NO. 1; DIV. OF MINES, P. 37.

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A. AND STEWART, R.M., 1951; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES, INYO COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 47, NO. 1: DIV. OF MINES, P. 201.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL BLOCK OF TACTITE ENTIRELY SURROUNDED BY QTZ. MONZONITE.

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.

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