The Pawnee is a tungsten mine located in San Diego county, California.
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Mine Info
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Pawnee MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pawnee
Secondary: Carr
Secondary: Oak Grove Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: San Diego
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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
Type: Surface/Underground
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
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Los Angeles Ranges
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG. 1% WO3 FOR LARGEST ORE BODY, AVG. .5% WO3 FOR SMALL ORE BODY.
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TWO TACTITE BODIES 1,100 FT. APART SMALL ORE BODY STRIKES N-NE, DIPS STEEPLY SE, IT IS 75 FT. LONG AND 45 TO 55 FT. WIDE.
Comment (Workings): 180 FT. SHAFT WHICH HAS DRIFTS TRENDING N-NE AND S-SW ON 90 AND 140 FT. LEVELS. THESE DRIFTS RANGE IN LENGTHS FROM 70 TO 90 FT. AND ARE APPENDED TO STOPES. SOUTH OF SHAFT IS A DRIFT ADIT TRENDING N5E. SMALLER ORE BODY WORKED BY AN OPEN CUT TRENDING NORTH, 125 FT. LONG AND 50 FT. DEEP.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: METAMORPHIC ROCKS ARE PREDOMINATELY SCHIST AND GNEISS WHICH ARE CUT BY SMALL IRREGULAR BODIES OF GRANITIC ROCKS.
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 SEC 31, UTM ACC.
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 373-374.
Reference (Deposit): WEBER, H.F., 1943; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES SAN DIEGO, CA; COUNTY REPT. 3; CA. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 273-274.
Reference (Production): WEBER, H.F.
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