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Scheelite Group

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Tungsten, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101405
MRDS ID D001044
Record type Site
Current site name Scheelite Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.9676, 37.23328 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Joshua Flats(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Last Chance Range(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(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 08S 37E 19 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.9676, 37.23328
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1907

Production statistics

  • Year 1907
    Material W
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^40% Scheelite
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Tungsten Tungsten 40wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M. TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE U.S.; VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 204

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962; TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.; 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 MINES, P. 200.

  • Production

    NORMAN AND STEWART

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER VEIN
Deposit SOME COPPER MINERALS PRESENT

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

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