The Blue Dipper Group is a tungsten mine located in Mariposa county, California.
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Mine Info
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Blue Dipper Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Dipper Group
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Mariposa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Incline Mining Co., Lee Cuneo, L. Barribotti Et Al
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): IN 1954, AN UPPER TUNNEL WITH SEVERAL GALLERIES ABOUT 100 FT. LONG; SECOND TUNNEL ABOUT 65 FT. BELOW THE MAIN TUNNEL. THIS WAS ABOUT 50 FT. LONG IN 1954.
Comment (Deposit): SEVERAL CLAIMS ARE HELD. THE CHIEF MINERAL IN THE TACTITE IS QUARTZ WITH SUBORDINATE CALCITE, GARNET, EPIDOTE, PYRRHOTITE, SCHEELITE, TREMOLITE AND WOLLASTONITE. THE ORE AVERAGES ABOUT 0.75 PER CENT TUNGSTEN.
Comment (Production): SOME ORE PRODUCED AND MILLED DURING 1955 BEFORE THE NOVEMBER-DECEMBER FLOODS WASHED OUT THE ROAD TO THE MINE. OPERATIONS WERE SCHEDULED TO CONTINUE LATER IN THE SPRING OF 1956.
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 1 & 2, JAN.-APRIL, 1957, PP. 196-7, 330
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