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Black Rock Mine

Past Producer in Mono 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10164583
MRDS ID D001062
MAS/MILS ID 0060510172
Record type Site
Current site name Black Rock Mine
Alternate or previous names Black Rock Tungsten Deposit
Related records 10008717

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.52785, 37.68304 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mono(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Banner Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Benton Range(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 Mono

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003 S 031 E 14 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.52785, 37.68304
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-5, 1941, P. 587-591.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 4210, 1948, P. 8.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES SPECIAL REPORT 48, 1956, P. 11-16.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 83-82, 1982, TABLE 2,

  • Deposit

    P. 13.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-APR-1994 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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