Mine detail: Sundown Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 32.91673, -116.46751

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Epidote, Garnet, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1941-1954 INTERMITTENTLY

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Associated type:Diorite

References

MRDSD000981
DEP10008653
Reference{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.}
ReporterElliott, James E., Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.), Mosier, Dan