Mine detail: Marble

Previously called 'Shannon Creek'

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Location: Inyo County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.19995, -118.38427
dep_id: 10008565
mrds_id: D000869
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Scheelite
gangue: Epidote, Garnet
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Elliott, James E., Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.), Mosier, Dan
hrock_type: Limestone
prod_yrs: 1943-1945
References:
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M.; TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE US; VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 215-216.
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1962; TUNGSTEN IN THE US; USGS MAP, MR-25.
  • Deposit:: NORMAN, L.A. AND STEWART, R.M., 1951; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 47, NO. 1; DIV. OF MINES, P. 90-91.
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