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Noren

Occurrence in Marin 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092350
MRDS ID M009239
Record type Site
Current site name Noren

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.82217, 38.06211 (WGS84)
Relative position 1/4 MI. E. OF JUNCTION OF DRAKE HIGHWAY AND BEAR VALLEY ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marin(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Inverness(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Napa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomales-Drake Bays(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Point Reyes National Seashore(National Seashore)

National Seashore NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Marin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 009W 35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.82217, 38.06211
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1950

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner C. R. Noren

Comments on the production information

  • DISCOVERED AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS THE BENDER DEPOSIT; LEASED BY KNOB HILL MINES INC. IN 1952, AND AFTER A LIMITED AMOUNT OF STRIPPING HAD BEEN COMPLETED, LEASE WAS TERMINATED.

Comments on the workings information

  • LIMITED DEVELOPMENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 51, NO. 3, JULY 1955, P. 266, 289, PL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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