Sunnyboy

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035153
MRDS ID M022325
Record type Site
Current site name Sunnyboy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.63094, 37.33383 (WGS84)
Elevation 2896
Relative position NORTH SIDE OF HORTON CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Tom(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 007S 030E 24 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOST OF TACTITE CONTAINS LITTLE TO NO SCHEELITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result .25-.50% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.63094, 37.33383

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1943

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Period 1943
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.57% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE WAS SORTED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M. TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US, VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 244-245.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    LEMMON, D.M.

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

Authoritative California resources

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