The Treasury is a tungsten mine located in San Bernardino county, California.
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Treasury MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Treasury
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Atolia
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: DEPOSIT IS ON PLACER GROUND SIMILAR TO "SPUD PATCH" BEDROCK IS AT AVERAGE DEPTH OF 20 TO 25 FT., MINUMUM DEPTH OF 12 FT., MAXIMUM DEPTH 54 FT.
Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1916 - NO FIGURES AVAILABLE
Comment (Deposit): PLACER DEPOSIT
References
Reference (Deposit): PARTRIDGE, F. J., 1941, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, NO. 2, P. 291.
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 127.
Reference (Production): WRIGHT, L. A.
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