Mine detail: Strawberry Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.54993, -119.30097

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Chalcopyrite, Diopside, Garnet, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sphalerite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1941

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1943

Geology

Host type:Marble
Structure:Sierra Nevada Batholith

References

MRDSD001059
DEP10008714
Reference{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.}{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.}{Deposit:: KRAUSKOPF, K.B., 1953, CALIF. DEPT. NAT. RES., DIV. OF MINES, SPEC. REPT. 35.}
ReporterElliott, James E., Mosier, Dan