The Little Shot is a tungsten mine located in Inyo county, California.
About the MRDS Data:
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
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Little Shot MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Shot
Secondary: Brooks
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1948
Time Period: 1948
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.5% 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
Comments
Comment (Workings): ADIT DRIVEN S45 DEG. AND A 65 DEG. INCLINED SHAFT WHICH CONNECTS WITH ADIT AND GOES 30 FT. BELOW ADIT. 18 FT. DRIFT AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT. SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Location): SW 1/4, UTM ACC.
Comment (Commodity): SCHEELITE IS DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT TACTITE BEDS.
Comment (Deposit): STRATIFIED TACTITE BEDS
Comment (Geology): SILICATED LIMESTONE NEAR GRANITE.
Comment (Deposit): SURFACE EXPOSURE IS 30 FT X 50 FT. 250 FT UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. 0.2%-0.3% WO3
References
Reference (Deposit): NORMAN, L.A. AND STEWART, R.M., 1951; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES INYO COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 47, NO. 1; DIV. OF MINE, P. 90.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M.; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US; VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 252-253.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962; TUNGSTEN IN THE US; USGS MAP, MR-25.
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