The Temescal Tin Mine is a tin mine located in Riverside county, California at an elevation of 1,201 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: 1,201 Feet (366 Meters)
Commodity: Tin
Lat, Long: 33.8475, -117.48000
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Temescal Tin Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Temescal Tin Mine
Secondary: Cajalco
Commodity
Primary: Tin
Location
State: California
County: Riverside
District: Temescal
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
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
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE AVERAGE 4 PERCENT TIN OXIDE, OR 0.15 PERCENT TIN.
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TIN OCCURS AS CASSITERITE IN TOURMALINE VEINS IN COARSE GRANITE. SOME QUARTZ VEINS SCATTERED IN THE VEINS.
Comment (Workings): 65 VEINS, 10 OF WHICH HAVE BEEN EXPLORED BY TUNNELS AND SHAFTS.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: TIN OCCURS AS CASSITERITE IN BLACK TOURMALINE VEINS IN COARSE-GRAINED HORNBLENDE-BIOTITE GRANITE. 65 VEINS ARE PRESENT, 10 HAVE BEEN EXPLORED. THEY VARY FROM 1 INCH TO 15 FT. IN WIDTH, AVERAGING 1 TO 2 FT. GENERAL TREND IS N 20 TO 50 E, DIPPING 50 TO 85 N.W. VEINS CONTAIN QUARTZ ALSO. MOST VEINS ARE LESS THAN 1000 FT. LONG AND DISCONTINUOUS. THE MAIN VEIN, CAJALCO, IS OVER 690 FT. IN DEPTH. COUNTRY ROCK IS A QUARTZ MONZONITE (?). CALJACO IS EXPOSED OVER 550 FT. IN LENGTH,STRIKES N 55 E, DIPS 55 TO 80 N.W., 1 INCH TO 5 FT. 10 INCHES THICK. CASSITERITE OCCURS AS DISSEMINATIONS, BUNCHES AND STRINGERS
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. M & G., VOL. 41 , NO. 3 , JULY 1945 , PP. 153 - 154
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INV. REPT. 3876 , PP. 8 - 9
Reference (Deposit): D.O.M. BULL. 176 , 1957 , P. 643
Reference (Deposit): PAGE, L.R. AND THAYER, TEMESCAL TIN DIST., RIVERSIDE CO., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUBL REPT, 1945
Reference (Deposit): SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 153-4.
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