Mine detail: Sundown Mine

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Location: San Diego County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.91673, -116.46751
dep_id: 10008653
mrds_id: D000981
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, Quartz
Reporter: Elliott, James E., Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.), Mosier, Dan
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_type: Diorite
prod_yrs: 1941-1954 INTERMITTENTLY
References:
  • Deposit:: WEBER, H.F., 1963; GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN DIEGO, CA; COUNTY REPT. 3; CA. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 274, 280.
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.
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