The Phelps Hilton Creek Mine is a tungsten mine located in Mono county, California at an elevation of 9,951 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: 9,951 Feet (3,033 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 37.51667, -118.76667
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Phelps Hilton Creek Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Phelps Hilton Creek Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: California
County: Mono
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
Owner Name: R. W. Phelps
Home Office: Bishop, Ca.
Owner Name: G. B. Hartley
Years: 1955 -
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: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Hornblende
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Pyroxene
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): FROM 553 TONS ORE
Comment (Deposit): TWO TACTITE BODIES, CONCORDANT IN STRIKE, BUT DIP IS WESTWARD AWAY FROM CONTACT.
Comment (Location): UTM ACC. LITERATURE PLACES THIS MINE IN TOWNSHIP 3S, QUADRANGLE PLACES THIS MINE IN 4S.
References
Reference (Deposit): RINEHART, C. D. AND ROSS, D. C., 1964, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MT. MORRISON QUAD., SIERRA NEVADA, CA; PROF. PAPER 385, P. 93-94.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
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