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Panyo

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum
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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 10035169
MRDS ID M022344
Record type Site
Current site name Panyo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.60923, 36.19497 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTH OF DARWIN AND 4 MILES NE OF COSO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

China Gardens Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panamint Valley(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NAVY(Federal land areas administered by NAVY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020S 040E 14 California

Comments on the location information

  • NO UTM TICKS ON QUAD; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Powellite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.60923, 36.19497
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike EAST
    Dip 45S
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: META-SEDIMENTARY ROCKS CONSISTS OF HORNFELS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1941

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT ON WEST END, 5 FT. IN LENGTH AND 12 FT. IN DEPTH. ON EAST IS AN OPEN CUT AND 2 ADITS 40 FT. LONG AND BELOW CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US, VOL I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 184-185.

  • Deposit

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

  • 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. 571-572.

  • Production

    LEMMON, D.M.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE ZONE 6-10 FT. WIDE WITH OCCASIONAL BEDS OF MARBLE. GRANITE DIKES CUT THESE ROCKS.

Reporter information

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

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