The Round Valley Mine is a mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 16,781 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: 16,781 Feet (5,115 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.3786, -118.55420
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Round Valley Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Round Valley Mine
Secondary: Tungsten Hill Mine Dmea-2256
Secondary: Silver Bell
Secondary: Silver Ball
Secondary: Little Shot
Secondary: Big Shot
Secondary: Noble's Camp
Secondary: Haco
Secondary: Western Tungsten Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
District: Bishop
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: James B Bennett-Roundvalley Tung
Company ID: 404581
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1972
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1917
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Scheelite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 46, 1950, P. 39-40.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 47, 1951, P. 94-95.
Reference (Deposit): DMEA-4614
Reference (Deposit): U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-Q, 1940, P. 511-514.
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