Mine detail: Cottonwood

Previously called 'Magnesium Canyon Tungsten Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

33.73337, -116.45085

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Scheelite
Gangue:	Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Gneiss
Associated type:	Granite

References

MRDS	D000972
DEP	10094240
Reference	{Deposit:: LEMMON, D. M., TUNGSTEN IN THE US; UNPUBLISHED DATA, P. 309.}{Deposit:: TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 155.}
Reporter	Elliott, James E., Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.)