Montezuma

Past Producer in Tuolumne 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214522
MRDS ID W026087
MAS/MILS ID 0061090811
Record type Site
Current site name Montezuma
Related records 10077986

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.62038, 38.17322 (WGS84)
Elevation 2877
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tuolumne(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tower Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walker Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Tuolumne(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Stanislaus National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Emigrant Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Tuolumne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004 N 021 E 23 C N2N2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.62038, 38.17322

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1951

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner L. Osborn

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Geology

    USGS BULL 1261-G, EMIRANT BASIN, P. 58, 60

  • Deposit

    WILDERNESS

  • Deposit

    MLA OFR 49-82, 'MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE HOOVER WILDERNESS

  • Deposit

    AND PROPOSED RARE II ADDITIONS 4-662, 5-662,

  • Deposit

    4-664, 4-666. MONO AND TUOLUMNE COS. CA', NICHOLAS T. ZILKA,

  • Deposit

    1982

  • Deposit

    WFOC MPF NO. 0061090811

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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