The Pickup is a tungsten mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 37.30333, -118.47361
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Pickup MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pickup
Secondary: Chipmunk
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
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
Type: Underground
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: 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
Analytical Data: AVG., .5% WO3
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4, UTM ACC
Comment (Deposit): PRINCIPAL MINERALIZATION IS ALONG SE EDGE OF PENDANT.
Comment (Workings): 370 FT. ADIT, RAISE. ANOTHER ADIT 24 FT. HIGHER AT SOUTH END OF PENDANT WITH 130 FT. OF WORKINGS AND A 40 FT. SHAFT AT PORTAL OF SOUTH ADIT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: PENDANT HAS LENGTH OF 500 FT. AND MAXIUM BREATH OF 250 FT. INTRUSION OF GABBRO PRECEDED QTZ. MONZONITE AND SMALL MASSES OF GABBRO ARE FOUND AT EDGE OF PENDANT.
Comment (Production): FROM 200 TONS OF ORE.
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US, VOL. I, UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 217-219.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962; TUNGSTEN IN THE US; USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Production): LEMMON, D.M.
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