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Celestial

Occurrence 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10035362
MRDS ID M022677
Record type Site
Current site name Celestial
Related records 10140768

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.76476, 35.15444 (WGS84)
Relative position 27 MILES NE OF BARSTOW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paradise Range(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coyote-Cuddeback Lakes(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 012N 002E 04,09 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz 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) -116.76476, 35.15444
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE EXPOSURES ARE APPROXIMATELY 600 FT. LONG AND 200 FT. WIDE: MOST OF THE LIMESTONE IS APPARENTLY BARREN OF SCHEELITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 35 FT. SHAFT SUNK ON AN INCLINATION OF 60 DEG. NE IN LIMESTONE. SMALL IRREGULAR SHAPED STOPE NEAR TOP OF SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 146

Reporter information

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

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