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Pigeon Creek Tungsten Mine

Occurrence in Riverside 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035351
MRDS ID M022664
Record type Site
Current site name Pigeon Creek Tungsten Mine
Related records 10261368

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.4464, 33.58143 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position ON BURNT COW AND PIGEON CREEK, 1/2 MILE SOUTH OF PINYON FLAT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Toro Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palm Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(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 Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 007S 005E 11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet 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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.4464, 33.58143
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 20 FT. IN WIDTH, 4 - 6 FT. DEEP AND 40 FT. LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1945; MINERAL RESOURCES RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 157

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey REPLACING LOST LOCATION.
Updater 13-NOV-1997 Oland, G. P. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey OLAND AND ORRIS MERGED RECORDS
Editor 08-MAY-1998 Mason, George U.S. Geological Survey

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