Tungstar

The Tungstar is a tungsten mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 1,699 feet.

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: Tungstar  

State:  California

County:  Inyo

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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