The Western is a tungsten mine located in Inyo county, California.
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Mine Info
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Western MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Western
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
District: Round Valley Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1944
Time Period: 1944
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^.4-.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 (Production): PRODUCTION FROM 9 SMALL-SCALE OPERATIONS
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS, A GLORY HOLE AND HAULAGE ADIT
Comment (Deposit): SCHEELITE OCCURS IN ORE SHOOTS NEAR THE GRANITE CONTACT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PENDANT IS COMPOSED OF SEVERAL NEARLY VERTICAL ELONGATE BODIES OF TACTITE INTERSTRATIFIED WITH SCHIST AND HORNFELS. CONTACT BETWEEN THE METAMORPHIC ROCKS AND GRANITE, BETWEEN THE ADIT LEVEL AND SURFACE EXPOSURE ON THE CONTACT, DIPS 30 SW. TRUNCATING THE STRUCTURES IN THE METAMORPHIC ROCKS.
Comment (Deposit): OPEN PIT, GLORY HOLE, AND UNDERGROUND HAULAGE. MINERALIZED ALONG BEDDING PLANES
Comment (Location): UTM EST, LITERATURE HAS THE DISTRICT IN RANGE 17 W, OBVIOUSLY MISTAKEN ITS IN RANGE 17 E.
References
Reference (Deposit): BATEMAN, P.C., ETAL, 1950; GEOLOGY OF TUNGSTEN HILLS; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 46, NO. 1; DIV. OF MINES, P. 40-42.
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 MINES, P. 202.
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