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Little Shot

Past Producer 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. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101386
MRDS ID D000861
Record type Site
Current site name Little Shot
Alternate or previous names Brooks
Related records 10115139

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.53427, 37.34994 (WGS84)
Relative position 1500 FT. EAST OF ROUND VALLEY MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tungsten Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bishop(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crowley 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 006S 031E 35 California

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4, UTM ACC.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCHEELITE IS DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT TACTITE BEDS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.53427, 37.34994
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 50-75SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILICATED LIMESTONE NEAR GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Production statistics

  • Year 1948
    Period 1948
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^.5% Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    WO3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT DRIVEN S45 DEG. AND A 65 DEG. INCLINED SHAFT WHICH CONNECTS WITH ADIT AND GOES 30 FT. BELOW ADIT. 18 FT. DRIFT AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT. SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M.; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US; VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 252-253.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A. AND STEWART, R.M., 1951; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES INYO COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 47, NO. 1; DIV. OF MINE, P. 90.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRATIFIED TACTITE BEDS
Deposit SURFACE EXPOSURE IS 30 FT X 50 FT. 250 FT UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. 0.2%-0.3% WO3

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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