The Adamson Mine is a tungsten mine located in Inyo county, California at an elevation of 7,710 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: 7,710 Feet (2,350 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 37.3617, -118.70330
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Adamson Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Adamson Mine
Secondary: Wheeler Ridge Tungsten Mine
Secondary: Adamson Tungsten Deposit
Secondary: Adamson Claims
Secondary: Blue Jay Claim
Secondary: Panaminas, Inc.
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
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: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Union Carbide Mining And Metals Division-Pine Creek Op.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1981
Owner Name: Paniminas Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1981
Production
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1959-
Description: Tungsten Ore Mined After 1959-0060270699 Included With Pine Creek
Year: 1957
Time Period: 1954-1957
Description: Tungsten Ore Mined 1954-1957 68400 Metric Tons Mined
Year: 1943
Time Period: 1942-1943
Description: Tungsten Ore Mined 1942-1943 41000 Metric Tons Mined
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Plant
Plant Type: Beneficiation (Mill)
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Caving Methods - Sublevel Caving
Milling Method: Flotation
Year First Production: 1942
Discovery Year: 1939
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
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: Bornite
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Covellite
Unknown: Molybdenite
Unknown: Powellite
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 34, 1938, P. 462.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 37, 1941, P. 292.
Reference (Deposit): U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 931-E, 1941, P. 91-92.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 38, 1942, NO. 24, P. 317.
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