The Hanging Valley is a tungsten mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 1,801 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: 1,801 Feet (549 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 37.33111, -118.66556
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Hanging Valley MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hanging Valley
Secondary: J. and M. Millovich
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
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: 1948
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^1.25% Wo3
Year: 1942
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^Slightly Over 1% Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Workings): 15 FT. SHAFT AND 65 FT. ADIT, LATER MADE 380 FT. LONG TWO CROSSCUTS AND A 40 FT. INCLINED WINZE 70 FT. FROM START OF 2ND CROSSCUT.
Comment (Location): W 1/2, UTM ACC.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THICK TALUS MATERIAL COVERS EXTENSION OF TACTITE LAYER.
Comment (Deposit): PROSPECTS NEAR HORTON LAKE ARE SMALL AND LOW GRADE.
References
Reference (Deposit): NORMAN, L.A. AND STEWART, R.M., 1951; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 47, NO. 1; DIV. OF MINES, P. 88, 197.
Reference (Production): LEMMON, D.M.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., TUNGSTEN IN THE US; VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 230-231.
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