The Atolia-Rand Placers is a tungsten mine located in San Bernardino county, California.
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Atolia-Rand Placers MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Atolia-Rand Placers
Secondary: Nieto Placer Group
Secondary: Redondo Pete
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Atolia
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Pacific Scheelite Corp. (Controlled By Molybdenum Corp. Of America, New York)
Years: 1940 -
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PLACER DEPOSIT IS OF THE "SPUD" TYPE BEST STREAK CONSISTED OF MATERIAL RESTING ON THE BEDROCK DEPRESSIONS. STREAKS VARY FROM 6 TO 24 INCHES IN THICKNESS.
Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFTS WITH LEVELS AT 300 AND 500 FT. SMALL TONNAGE STOPED FROM SOUTH VEIN, SEVERAL RAISES WERE RUN ON THIS VEIN.
Comment (Deposit): REDONDO PETE CLAIM OPERATED 1917 - 1919 BY BLACK HAWK MINING CO. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D. M., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US: UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 336.
Reference (Deposit): PARTRIDGE, J. F., 1941: TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, NO. 2, P. 285.
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 112, APPENDEX.
Reference (Production): LEMMON, D. M.
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