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R & R Claims

Past Producer in Mono county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035291
MRDS ID M022590
Record type Site
Current site name R & R Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.24565, 37.348 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Westgard Pass(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 Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007S 034E 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4, UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.24565, 37.348
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MINE DEVELOPED LOCALLY ADJACENT TO STOCK OF PORPHYRITIC QTZ. MONZONITE IN GENTLY DIPPING LIMESTONE WITH INTERBEDDED SHALE OF THE SILVER PEAK FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1952

Mining district

District name Bishop Tungsten

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF ORE MILLED AND TRUCKED TO PINE CREEK MILL, US VANDIUM CO. FOR TREATMENT. NO FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT WITH USE OF POWER SHOVEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BATEMAN, P. C., 1956, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF BISHOP TUNGSTEN DISTRICT; SPECIAL REPT. 47, DIV. OF MINES, P. 80

  • Production

    BATEMAN, P. C., 1956

Reporter information

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

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