Andrew Tungsten Mine

The Andrew Tungsten Mine is a tungsten mine located in Los Angeles county, California at an elevation of 4,619 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

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Site Name

Primary: Andrew Tungsten Mine
Secondary: Andrew Group
Secondary: Alron #1
Secondary: Alron #2
Secondary: Tiffany-Andrew Group
Secondary: 4 Hi #1
Secondary: Curtis Claims
Secondary: Cattle Canyon Placers

Commodity

Primary: Tungsten

Location

State: California
County: Los Angeles
District: San Antonio

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

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Curtis Tungsten, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1990

Production

Year: 1982
Description: Con. Shipped 1217 Kg Con
Year: 1980
Description: Con. Shipped 353 Kg Con
Year: 1977
Description: Concentrate At 21.20% Wo3 5626 Pounds Of Concentrate/Yr
Year: 1976
Description: Concentrate At 32.93% Wo3 2137 Pounds Of Concentrate/Yr
Year: 1974
Description: Concentrate At 32.63% Wo3 1491 Pounds Of Concentrate/Yr
Year: 1979
Description: Con. Shipped 235 Kg Con
Year: 1978
Description: Con. Shipped 276 Kg Con
Year: 1975
Description: Concentrate At 49.92% Wo3 2814 Pounds Of Concentrate/Yr

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Open Stope - Overhand
Milling Method: Gravity
Year First Production: 1974
Year Last Production: 1992
Discovery Year: 1953
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Los Angeles Ranges

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Economic Factors): RECORD TMODE-1011 TMCOS IS INCLUDED IN SHIPPING COST FROM ONTARIO TO FT MADISON. T-DES IS RAILHEAD IN ONTARIO

Comment (Production): PRODUCT "A" IS STOCKPILED.

Comment (Economic Factors): MILL RECOVERY IS 49-53 PERCENT. TAILS ARE STOCKPILED FOR FUTURE RE-PROCESSING.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): FORMERLY LISTED UNDER SEQ. NO. 0060370585A. THIS HAS BEEN A SMALL AND INTERMITTANT PRODUCER OF SCHEELITE SINCE 1977. IN 1989 FOLLOWING YEARS OF HEARINGS AND COURT CASES WITH FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATORS, AND BATTLES WITH PRESERVATIONISTS, ANDREW "AS NEEDED" BASIS. PUBLIC RESERVE GRADE AND TONNAGE FROM A COMPANY OFFICIAL. SEE 02/26/91 PHONE LOG IN DEPOSIT FILE AKA: ANDREW TUNGSTEN

Comment (Production): MINE AND MILL IN PRODUCTION. . PAST PRODUCER OF SCHEELITE CONCENTRATES FROM TALUS CONES.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESOURCES CONTAINED IN TALUS DEPOSIT. RESOURCES IN WEST VEIN. RESOURCES IN WEST VEIN EXTENTION.

References

Reference (Deposit): HAMILTON, KATHY, 1981, RESULTS OF VEHICLE INTERACTION WITH BIGHORN SHEEP IN COW-CATTLE CANYONS (YEAR 1), UNIV. OF NEVADA, UNPUB.

Reference (Deposit): EVANS, JAMES, 1977 IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SHEEP MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS STUDY AREA AND THE CUCAMONGA WILDERNESS AND ADDITIONS, LOS ANGELES AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA, USGS OFR 77-251.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GRABER, D. TUNGSTEN MINERALIZATION AT THE ANDREW CURTIS MINE, MT. SAN ANTONIO QUADRANGLE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. PAPER IN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL WEALTH OF THE CALIFORNIA TRANSVERSE RANGES. SOUTH COAST GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 1982. PP 423-430.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CURTIS, R.L. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION. NOV. 1985

Reference (Deposit): U.S.FOREST SERVICE, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR FORMER ROAD 2NO6 FOR CURTIS TUNGSTEN UPLAND, CA

Reference (Deposit): RIDENOUR, JAMES, SCHMAUCH, S.W., AND ZILKA, N.T., ECONOMIC APPRAISAL OF MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SHEEP MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, LOS ANGELES AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA. U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1506-D, 1982, PP. 62-67.

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