The Schober and Merrill is a tungsten mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 10,000 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: 10,000 Feet (3,048 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 37.23333, -118.53333
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Schober and Merrill MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Schober and Merrill
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
Type: Surface/Underground
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: TABULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Numerous Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG. 1.5% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4, UTM EST
Comment (Production): 107,000 TONS ORE
Comment (Deposit): MASSES OF SCHEELITE UP TO 6 INCHES OR MORE IN SIZE.
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT 85 FT. WIDE, 110 FT. LONG AND 45 FT. DEEP INCLINED SHAFT SUNK 140 FT. BENEATH PIT, 150 FT. OF WORKING AT 65 FT. LEVEL
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: SURFACE IS MANTLED WITH SAND AND SOIL, OUTCROP OF ORE ONLY A FEW FEET IN DIAMETER. INCLUSION PROBABLY CAPPED BY GRANITE, ITS DIMENSIONS INCREASE DOWNWARD.
Comment (Deposit): OPEN PIT
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMONS, D.M.; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US, VOL. ; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 222-224.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMONS, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962; TUNGSTEN IN THE US; USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Production): LEMMON
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