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Lone Pinyon

Occurrence in Inyo 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 10094245
MRDS ID D001049
Record type Site
Current site name Lone Pinyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.78424, 36.24997 (WGS84)
Relative position 7.5 MILES WEST OF DARWIN, NEAR BLACK SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Upper Centennial Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Owens Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(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 Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LOW-GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.78424, 36.24997
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 6.1M
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS IN GRANODIORITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 140 FT. LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M. TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE U.S., VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 182-183

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962; TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.; USGS MAP, MR-25

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TACTITE SURROUNDED BY GRANITE NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE, NO TOWNSHIP, SECTION OR RANGE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 09-JUN-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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