The Keogh is a tungsten mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 7,001 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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 36.21667, -117.60000
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Keogh MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Keogh
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
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
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
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 5-6.18% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): NO UTM TICKS ON QUAD
Comment (Production): FEW TONS OF ORE ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 1% WO3 FROM 12 FT. SHAFT.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS & SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): TACTITE IN GRANODIORITE
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M. TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE U.S., VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 182
Reference (Deposit): NORMAN, L.A. AND STEWART, R.M., 1951; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 47, NO. 1; DIV. OF MINES, P. 197.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1941; TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, NO. 4; DIV. OF MINES, P. 569
Reference (Production): LEMMON, D.M.
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