The White Caps is a tungsten mine located in Inyo county, California.
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Mine Info
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White Caps MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Caps
Secondary: Little Mcgee Creek Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1944
Material type: ORE WO3
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
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4, UTM ACC.
Comment (Production): FROM 385 TONS ORE
Comment (Deposit): PART OF TACTITE IS BARREN, MINERALIZATION IN AN ORE SHOOT.
Comment (Workings): ADIT, STOPE 100 FT. LONG, 25 FT. HIGH AND 5-20 FT. WIDE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MOST OF THE LOW HILL ABOVE THE ORE BODY IS COVERED BY SAND THROUGH WHICH PROJECT QTZ. DIORITE AND FEW BLOCKS OF HORNFELS.
Comment (Deposit): ORE SHOOT 80 FT X 5 FT
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M.; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US, VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 262-263.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962; TUNGSTEN IN THE US; USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Production): LEMMON, D.M.
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