Mine detail: Tungstar

Previously called 'CrawfordMt. Tom'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.38327, -118.71762

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Scheelite
Gangue:	Phlogopite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR
Discovery year:	1936

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Large
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1939-1945
First production started:	1939

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Sierra Nevada Batholith

References

MRDS	D001060
DEP	10008715
Reference	{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 I; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 245-248.}{Deposit:: LEMMON, D.M. AND TWETO, O.L., 1961: TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S.; U.S.G.S. MAP, MR-25.}{Deposit:: LENHART, W.B., 1941, MILLING SCHEELITE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}
Reporter	Elliott, James E., Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.), Mosier, Dan