Hanging Valley Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10163851
MRDS ID M022327
MAS/MILS ID 0060270511
Record type Site
Current site name Hanging Valley Mine
Alternate or previous names Hanging Valley, J. and M. Group, Millovich Prospect, F. R. Lee Lease
Related records 10035155

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.67595, 37.32774 (WGS84)
Elevation 3463
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Tom(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

Inyo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

John Muir Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 007 S 030 E 22 N2SWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.67595, 37.32774

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, F.L., AND OTHERS, 1985, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE

  • Deposit

    JOHN MUIR WILDERNESS, FRESNO, INYO, MADERA, AND MONO

  • Deposit

    COUNTIES, CA, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, UNPUBLISHED, MLA

  • Deposit

    FILE REPORT, PLATE 1, MAP NO. 41.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JUL-1994 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.