The Cottonwood is a mine located in Riverside county, California at an elevation of 1,624 feet.
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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
Elevation: 1,624 Feet (495 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 33.73333, -116.45000
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Cottonwood MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cottonwood
Secondary: Magnesium Canyon Tungsten Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: Riverside
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Salton Trough
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: .08 - 1.0% (1), 1 - 1.5% WO3 (2)
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): (1) LEMMON, D. M., (2) TUCKER AND SAMPSON
Comment (Reserve-Resource): A TACTITE BED 100 FT. BY 60 FT. WITH A THICKNESS OF 13 FT. IS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 7000 TONS.
Comment (Deposit): FOUR FLAT LYING LAYERS, SEPERATED BY GRANITE SILLS
Comment (Workings): TOP AND BOTTOM LAYERS ARE POORLY EXPOSED, BUT 2 INTERMEDIATE LAYERS ARE WELL EXPOSED IN DEEP TRENCHES AND IN A 25 FT. SHAFT. AREA TRENCHED IS 80 FT. BY 140 FT.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: GRANITE SILLS 10 - 200 FT. THICK
Comment (Deposit): CLAIMS INCLUDE COTTONWOOD NO. 1, NO. 2 AND NO. 3
References
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D. M., TUNGSTEN IN THE US; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 309.
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 155.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): LEMMON, D. M.
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