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Brooke Molybdenite and Tungsten Mine

Past Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101394
MRDS ID D000955
Record type Site
Current site name Brooke Molybdenite and Tungsten Mine
Related records 10212909

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.33416, 35.25001 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MILES SOUTH OF IVANPAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mojave National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 014N 015E 35 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Analytical data

Result REPORTED .5% WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.33416, 35.25001
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 W
    Dip SOUTH
    Width 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 76.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • CROSSCUT ADITS AND A SHAFT 250 FT. IN DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39, NO. 4, P. 501.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 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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Authoritative California resources

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