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Garvanza

Past Producer in San Bernardino 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 10035353
MRDS ID M022667
Record type Site
Current site name Garvanza
Alternate or previous names American Tungsten Mining and Refining Co., Carbonate
Related records 10262273

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.34444, 35.27779 (WGS84)
Relative position ON CLIFF CANON, ON NORTH SLOPE OF NEW YORK MTS., 2 MILES SE OF BRANT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Ivanpah-Pahrump Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mojave National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 014N 015E 23 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OCCASIONAL PYRITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wolframite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.34444, 35.27779
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL TONS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE MINED - NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS 260 FT. AND 240 FT. LONG, ONE 80 FT. ABOVE THE OTHER, CONNECTED BY RAISE. 50 FT. WINZE IN LOWER TUNNEL. SOME SURFACE WORK ON OTHER VEINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARTRIDGE, J. F., JR., 1941; TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, NO. 2, P. 306.

  • 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. 116.

  • Production

    PARTRIDGE, J. F.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SIX DISTINCT NARROW VEINS

Reporter information

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

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