The Tungstar is a tungsten mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 1,699 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: 1,699 Feet (518 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 37.38333, -118.71667
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Tungstar MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tungstar
Secondary: Crawford
Secondary: Mt. Tom
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
District: Pine Creek Area
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1945
Time Period: -1945
Year: 1944
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1939
Discovery Year: 1936
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sierra Nevada Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Phlogopite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): LOW-GRADE ORE ON BOTTOM LEVEL
Comment (Workings): ADIT 800 FT. LONG, INCLINED WINZE 190 FT. DEEP; 2 COMPARTMENT VERTICAL SHAFT SUNK NEAR ADIT PORTAL WITH CROSSCUTS ON 2 LEVELS. ANOTHER ADIT AND OPEN PIT AT THE STEVENS ORE BODY
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: QUART DIORITE IS VARIABLE, A COARSE-GRAINED VARIETY APPEARS INTRUSIVE, BUT MEDIUM AND FINE GRAINED VARIETIES MAY REPRESENT ALTERED VOLCANIC ROCKS.
Comment (Deposit): STEVENS ORE BODY 170 FT. EAST OF GREENE BODY IS 200 FT. LONG AND 20-90 FT. WIDE. LITTLE PRODUCTION FROM STEVENS ORE BODY IT CONTAINED ONLY .5% WO3
Comment (Deposit): GREENE ORE BODY AT DEPTH WAS SMALLER THEN AT THE SURFACE, CONSTRICTION MAY ONLY BE LOCAL.
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE U.S., VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 245-248.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1961: TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.; U.S.G.S. MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): LENHART, W.B., 1941, MILLING SCHEELITE AT TUNGSTAR MINE: MINING CONG. JOUR., VOL. 27, NO. 4, P.67-71.
Reference (Deposit): USGS
Reference (Production): LEMMON, D.M.
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