Grizzly Tungsten No. 1

The Grizzly Tungsten No. 1 is a mine located in Plumas 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: Grizzly Tungsten No. 1  

State:  California

County:  Plumas

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 39.87028, -121.37472

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Grizzly Tungsten No. 1 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Grizzly Tungsten No. 1


Commodity

Tertiary: Tungsten


Location

State: California
County: Plumas


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: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Goodrich, C. B.
Years: 1942 -

Owner Name: J. P. Branley
Home Office: Greenville


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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

Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Actinolite


Comments

Comment (Workings): ADIT 150 FT. ABOVE HWY RUNS ALONG CONTACT OF SCHIST FOR 13 FT.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCK IS A GRAY TO BLACK HORNBLENDE SCHIST WHICH RISES STEEPLY, GRANODIORITE INVADES THE SCHIST IN MANY PLACES AND DIKES OF SYENITE ARE COMMON.

Comment (Deposit): AS OF 1941, NO ASSAYS HAD BEEN MADE - LACK OF DUMP ROOM WILL HANDICAP DEVELOPMENT. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.


References

Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1941, RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 37, NO. 4, P. 581


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