Mine detail: Temescal Tin Mine

Previously called 'Cajalco Tin Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.84813, -117.48087

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Tin
Other material: Cassiterite, Dumortierite, Epidote, Tourmaline
Discovery year: 1853

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1869

Geology

References

MRDSW024542
MAS60650977
DEP10212629
Reference{Deposit:: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 37, 1941, P. 531-557.}{Deposit:: PAGE, L.R. AND THAYER, T.P., 1945, THE TEMASCAL TIN}{Deposit:: DISTRICT, RIVERSIDE CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY}{Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED REPORT, 27P.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 3876, 1945, P. 1-4.}{Deposit:: CALIF. DIV. MINES REPORT 41, 1945, P. 153.}{Deposit:: CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 176, 1957, P. 641-646.}{Deposit:: CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-14, 1977,}{Deposit:: P. 973-978.}
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