The Tungsten Blue is a tungsten mine located in Inyo county, California.
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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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Tungsten Blue MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tungsten Blue
Secondary: Pappas
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Inyo
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1944
Time Period: - 1944
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past 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
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4, UTM ACC.
Comment (Production): TOTAL ORE TREATED WAS 38,400 TONS WHICH AVG. .35-.4% WO3.
Comment (Deposit): SMALL TACTITE BODY
Comment (Workings): 2 OPEN PITS, A 300 FT. HAULAGE LEVEL, AN ADIT, A GRIZZLY LEVEL WAS ESTABLISHED 70 FT. ABOVE THE ADIT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: GABBRO SURROUNDS TACTITE PENDANT, WHICH IS 80 BY 120 FT. AND DEEPEST EXPOSURE IS ABOUT 110 FT. BELOW OUTCROP, DEPTH TO WHICH PENDANT EXTENDS IS UNKNOWN.
Comment (Deposit): MORE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT WARRENTED
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M.; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US, VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 259-261.
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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