The Evening Star is a tungsten and tin mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 5,000 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: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Tin
Lat, Long: 35.35972, -115.54028
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Evening Star MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Evening Star
Secondary: Maynard
Secondary: Bernice Group Standard District
Secondary: Blue Grass
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Tin
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Mescal
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: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE 6.27 PERCENT TIN
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INV. REPT. 3876 , P. 11
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. M. & G., VOL. 39 , NO. 4 OCT 1943 , PP. 498 - 499
Reference (Deposit): 5) D.O.M. BULL. 176 , 1957 , P. 643
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.
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