The White Dollar is a tungsten mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 4,400 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: 4,400 Feet (1,341 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 34.71667, -116.80000
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White Dollar MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Dollar
Secondary: May Day
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Production): FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE MINED - SOME ORE REPORTED ASSAYED 1.4% WO3, AVG. GRADE LESS THAN 1% WO3 - NO FIGURES AVAILABLE
Comment (Workings): 500 FT. OF WORKINGS EXPLORED BY OPEN CUTS AND SHALLOW SHAFT INCLINED 50 DEG. SW, 200 FT. WEST OF SHAFT IS AN OPEN CUT ENDING IN A VERTICAL UNDERHAND STOPE, 6 FT. WIDE, 20 FT. LONG AND 30 FT. DEEP.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THERE ARE SOME EAST - TRENDING RHYOLITE DIKES, TWO LIME-MAGNESIUM SILICATE DIKES ABOUT 180 FT. APART TRAVERSE THE COUNTRY N 20 W.
References
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO CO.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39, NO. 4, P. 504.
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 153.
Reference (Production): WRIGHT, L. A.
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