Aeroplane

The Aeroplane is a tungsten mine located in Inyo county, California.

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

Name: Aeroplane  

State:  California

County:  Inyo

Elevation:

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 37.35, -118.53333

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Aeroplane MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Aeroplane
Secondary: Mesa
Secondary: Moonlight
Secondary: Standard Tungsten City Milling Co.


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: California
County: Inyo


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

Not available


Workings

Type: Unknown


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1944
Time Period: - 1944
Year: 1918
Time Period: - 1918


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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

Ore: Scheelite


Comments

Comment (Workings): GLORY HOLE REACHED FROM 2 ADITS 50 AND 195 FT. BELOW OUTCROP. RAISES AND A STOPE WEST OF THE GLORY HOLE. ADIT 270 FT. LONG IN NORTH ORE BODY.

Comment (Deposit): LOW GRADE ORE. 3 ORE BODIES. DEVELOPED UNDERGROUND

Comment (Commodity): LOW GRADE

Comment (Location): NW 1/4, UTM ACC

Comment (Production): FROM 51,000 TONS ORE

Comment (Deposit): THREE ORE BODIES, ONE BED IS 13 FT. THICK, 25 FT. WEST OF GLORY HOLE IS ANOTHER BED 10 FT. THICK AND 100 FT. LONG, NORTH ORE BODY IS 4 FT. WIDE.

Comment (Geology): CALCAREOUSQUARTZITES,DOLOMITICLIMESTONES MARBLE, CALC-SILICATES AND HORNFELS; CALCAREOUS METAMORPHIC ROCK IN CONTACT WITH DIORITE AND GRANITE.


References

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M.; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US; VOL I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 248-250.

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962; TUNGSTEN IN THE US; USGS MAP, MR-25.

Reference (Production): LEMMON, D.M.


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