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Little Mcgee Creek

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. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035154
MRDS ID M022326
Record type Site
Current site name Little Mcgee Creek
Related records 10235941

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.51927, 37.34022 (WGS84)
Relative position 8 MILES WEST OF BISHOP

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

Inyo 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 Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 031E 13 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

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) -118.51927, 37.34022
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tungsten Hills

Comments on the production information

  • 500 TONS OF ORE ON DUMPS, ASSAYING 1% WO3

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 41.15M

Comments on the workings information

  • 135 FT. ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 198.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1941; TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, NO. 4: DIV. OF MINES, P. 570.

  • Production

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON, 1941

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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