Phoenix Tungsten

Past Producer in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064467
MRDS ID TC38845
Record type Site
Current site name Phoenix Tungsten

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.57307, 33.75004 (WGS84)
Relative position 7 MILES SE OF PALM SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palm Springs(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 005S 004E 9 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE SLOPE OF SAN JACINTO MOUNTAINS. LAT-LONG FROM CENTER OF SECTION 9.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 10.67M
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall width 6.71M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 156-7

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCHEELITE OCCURS ON RIDGE BETWEEN ANDREAS AND MURRAY CANYONS, LIMESTONE ALTERED TO GARNET AND EPIDOTE, CONTAINS SCHEELITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1993 Unkefer, Jason U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.