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Shooting Star

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Bismuth
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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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035331
MRDS ID M022641
Record type Site
Current site name Shooting Star
Alternate or previous names United Tungsten Copper Mines
Related records 10236824

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.67253, 34.22309 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 7 AIRLINE MILES SE OF BALDWIN LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Onyx Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Big Bear Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Bernardino 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 San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 002N 003E 28,29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuth Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Epidote 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) -116.67253, 34.22309
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip NW
    Width 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE BEDS ARE 10 FT. THICK. MINERALIZATION OCCURS ON INTERSECTION OF NORTH TRENDING FRACTURES WHICH CUT ACROSS EAST-TRENDING LIMESTONE BEDS WHICH DIP SOUTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1916, 1952

Mining district

District name Morongo

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 1916 NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE - ORE REPORTED TO CARRY 2% WO3

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT DRIVES S40W, 200 FT IN LENGTH WITH DRIFT ON CONTACT 50 FT. BETWEEN GRANODIORITE AND LIMESTONE. SOME SURFACE TRENCHES - ORE BODIES MINED FROM OVERHAND STOPES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARRIDGE, F. J., 1941; TUNGSTEN RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, NO. 2, P. 317.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J. 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES; SAN BERNARDINO CO.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39, NO. 4, P. 507.

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L. A. AND OTHERS, 1953; MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 151 - 152.

  • Production

    PARTRIDGE, F. J.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE GENERALLY OCCURS IN QTZ.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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