The Lakeview is a tungsten mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 10,850 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 10,850 Feet (3,307 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 37.38333, -118.71667
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Lakeview MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lakeview
Secondary: Carpenter and Brown
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): 15 FT. SHAFT AND OPEN CUT 20 FT. LONG, 12 FT. WIDE AND 8 FT. DEEP ON THE OUTCROP AND A 20 FT. ADIT, 100 FT. BELOW OUTCROP.
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION LESS THAN 100 TONS OF ORE OF WHICH 59 TONS AVG. 5% WO3 AND 30 TONS AVG. 2 1/2% WO3.
Comment (Deposit): ORE ZONE WITHIN TACTITE AVG. 12 FT. IN WIDTH.
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M.; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US; VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 231-232.
Reference (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 89, 197.
Reference (Production): NORMAN AND STEWART
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