The El Diablo Mining Co is a tungsten mine located in Inyo county, California.
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Mine Info
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El Diablo Mining Co MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: El Diablo Mining Co
Secondary: Jackrabbit
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
Land Status
Not available
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SOUTHERN PART OF PENDANT IS ENCLOSED IN EPIDOTIZED GABBRO , NORTH END IS IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH UNALTERED GABBRO AND QTZ. DIORITE.
Comment (Location): SW 1/4 SEC. 12, UTM ACC
Comment (Workings): 2 SMALL GLORY HOLES AND A 200 FT. HAULAGE ADIT
Comment (Deposit): 3 STEEP MINERALIZED LAYERS. 0.2%-0.7% WO3. MINED UNDERGROUND DURING WW I AND WW II
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M.; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US, VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 251-252.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962; TUNGSTEN IN THE US; USGS MAP, MR-25.
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