The Milton Creek Prospect, Nicoll Hilton Cr. Mine Phelps Hilton Cr. Mine is a tungsten and molybdenum mine located in Mono county, California at an elevation of 10,174 feet.
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Mine Info
Name: Milton Creek Prospect, Nicoll Hilton Cr. Mine Phelps Hilton Cr. Mine
State: California
County: Mono
Elevation: 10,174 Feet (3,101 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 37.52917, -118.79000
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Milton Creek Prospect, Nicoll Hilton Cr. Mine Phelps Hilton Cr. Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Milton Creek Prospect, Nicoll Hilton Cr. Mine Phelps Hilton Cr. Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: California
County: Mono
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: A STEEPLY-DIPPING TACTITE BODY, 1050' LONG AND FROM 3-22' WIDE, EXTENDS ALONG A CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITE ON THE E AND A NARROW BELT OF LIMESTONE ON THE W. ABOUT 260' OF THIS BODY IS OF MINABLE WIDTH AND GRADE AND PROBABLY AVERAGES 0.8% WO3. SMALL AMOUNTS OF MOLYBDENITE IN BOTH MINES.
Comment (Production): SHIPPED A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE IN FALL OF 1939 AND SUMMER OF 1940.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 4 SHORT ADITS, A SMALL OPEN CUT, AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS AND TRENCHES. THIS MAY BE THE "NICHOLS" MINE WHICH SOLD TUNGSTEN IN 1962 - PER USBM MIN YB.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS B. 931-E, P. 97-99 AND PL. 14
Reference (Deposit): USGS MAP MR-25, NO. 52
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. V. 38, NOS. 3 AND 4, P. 339; ADD. REF.: USGS PROF. PAPER 385, P. 93 - 94, PL. 1
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