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Emergency

Past Producer 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035158
MRDS ID M022331
Record type Site
Current site name Emergency
Alternate or previous names Deep Springs Valley
Related records 10159426

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.03343, 37.35356 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deep Springs Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(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 036E 04 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 25 SE
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1918

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARTRIDGE, J.F., JR., 1941; TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: 37TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CA. DIV. MINES, P. 310-311

  • Production

    PARTRIDGE, J.F. JR., 1941

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF PARALLEL VEINS

Reporter information

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

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