Mine detail: Tungstar

Previously called 'CrawfordMt. Tom'

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Location: Inyo County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.38327, -118.71762
dep_id: 10008715
mrds_id: D001060
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Scheelite
gangue: Phlogopite
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Contact Zone
Reporter: Elliott, James E., Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.), Mosier, Dan
hrock_type: Limestone
Structure: Sierra Nevada Batholith
Year first produced: 1939
disc_yr: 1936
prod_yrs: 1939-1945
References:
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M., TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN THE U.S., VOL. I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 245-248.
  • Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1961: TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.; U.S.G.S. MAP, MR-25.
  • Deposit:: LENHART, W.B., 1941, MILLING SCHEELITE AT TUNGSTAR MINE: MINING CONG. JOUR., VOL. 27, NO. 4, P.67-71.
  • Deposit:: USGS
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