The Starbright is a tungsten mine located in San Bernardino county, California.
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Mine Info
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Starbright MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Starbright
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1951
Time Period: 1951
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
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: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SCHEELITE DISSEMINATED THROUGH THE TACTITE
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT MINING AT FIRST, THEN AN INCLINED SHAFT 25 DEG. SOUTH FOR 80 FT. WITH AN EASTERLY DRIFT ON THE 80 FT. LEVEL FOR 30 FT.
Comment (Deposit): MOST SIGNIFICANT TUNGSTEN DEVELOPMENT IN CALIFORNIA IN 1950'S WAS STILL ACTIVE IN 1952 - NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: REGION IS UNDERLAIN BY A COMPLEX OF PLUTONIC IGNEOUS ROCKS RANGING FROM QUARTZ DIORITE TO GABBRO, WITHIN COMPLEX ARE MASSES OF METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L. A. AND OTHERS, 1953, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 152 - 153.
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
Reference (Deposit): BATEMAN AND IRWIN, 1954, CALIF. DEPT. OF NAT. RES., DIV. OF MINES, BULL. 170, CHAPT. 8.
Reference (Deposit): HAZENBUSH, G.C., 1952, CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., VOL. 48, NO. 3, P. 201-206.
Reference (Production): WRIGHT, L. A.
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