The Bear Creek is a tungsten mine located in El Dorado county, California.
About the MRDS Data:
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
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Bear Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bear Creek
Secondary: Comeback Consolidated
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: El Dorado
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1943
Time Period: 1931-1943
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE IN CALCITE LENSES.
Comment (Workings): 187 FT. ADIT, 50 FT. ABOVE AND BELOW ADIT ARE TWO ADITS 80 FT. AND 240 FT. RESPECTIVELY
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LEMMON, D.M. DESCRIBES COUNTRY ROCK AS A PHYLLITE
References
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, W.B. AND CARLSON, D.W., 1950; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EL DORADO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 52 NO. 4; DIV. OF MINES, P. 439.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M.; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US; VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 171.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962; TUNGSTEN IN THE US; USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Production): CLARK AND CARLSON, 1956
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