The Shooting Star is a tungsten mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 6,499 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,499 Feet (1,981 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 34.22306, -116.67167
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Shooting Star MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shooting Star
Secondary: United Tungsten Copper Mines
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Morongo
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
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Bismuth
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE BEDS ARE 10 FT. THICK. MINERALIZATION OCCURS ON INTERSECTION OF NORTH TRENDING FRACTURES WHICH CUT ACROSS EAST-TRENDING LIMESTONE BEDS WHICH DIP SOUTH.
Comment (Production): 1916 NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE - ORE REPORTED TO CARRY 2% WO3
Comment (Workings): ADIT DRIVES S40W, 200 FT IN LENGTH WITH DRIFT ON CONTACT 50 FT. BETWEEN GRANODIORITE AND LIMESTONE. SOME SURFACE TRENCHES - ORE BODIES MINED FROM OVERHAND STOPES.
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE GENERALLY OCCURS IN QTZ.
References
Reference (Deposit): PARRIDGE, F. J., 1941; TUNGSTEN RESOURCES IN CALIFORNIA; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, NO. 2, P. 317.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J. 1943, MINERAL RESOURCES; SAN BERNARDINO CO.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39, NO. 4, P. 507.
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. 151 - 152.
Reference (Production): PARTRIDGE, F. J.
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