Pure Quill

The Pure Quill is a tungsten mine located in San Bernardino 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

Name: Pure Quill  

State:  California

County:  San Bernardino

Elevation:

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 34.65, -116.88333

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Pure Quill MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Pure Quill


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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


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


Comments

Comment (Workings): FIRST EXPLORED BY SEVERAL SMALL CUTS, LATER A TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN SW 200 FT. ENCOUNTERING TUNGSTEN-BEARING ZONE AT 170 FT. ZONE WAS FOLLOWED BY DRIFTS 138 FT. NW AND 87 FT. SE

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: COMPLEX IS CHIEFLY QUARTZITE, MICA SCHIST AND FOLIATED GRANITIC ROCKS, CUT BY ACIDIC AND BASIC DIKES.

Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE, DISCONTINUOUSLY DISSEMINATED IN AN AMPHIBOLITE LAYER WITHIN A CRYSTALLINE ROCK COMPLEX. AMPHIBOLITE LAYER, COMPOSED ESSENTIALLY OF DARK GREEN AMPHIBOLE WITH SUBORDINATE PHGOCLASE IS FROM 5 TO 20 FT. WIDE.


References

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. 150 - 151.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.


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