White Caps

The White Caps 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: White Caps  

State:  California

County:  Inyo

Elevation:

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 37.35, -118.53333

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White Caps MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: White Caps
Secondary: Little Mcgee Creek Mine


Commodity

Primary: Tungsten


Location

State: California
County: Inyo


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Year: 1944
Time Period: 1944
Material type: ORE WO3


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

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote


Comments

Comment (Location): NE 1/4, UTM ACC.

Comment (Production): FROM 385 TONS ORE

Comment (Deposit): PART OF TACTITE IS BARREN, MINERALIZATION IN AN ORE SHOOT.

Comment (Workings): ADIT, STOPE 100 FT. LONG, 25 FT. HIGH AND 5-20 FT. WIDE

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MOST OF THE LOW HILL ABOVE THE ORE BODY IS COVERED BY SAND THROUGH WHICH PROJECT QTZ. DIORITE AND FEW BLOCKS OF HORNFELS.

Comment (Deposit): ORE SHOOT 80 FT X 5 FT


References

Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M.; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US, VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 262-263.

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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