Mine detail: Adamson Mine

Previously called 'Wheeler Ridge Tungsten MineAdamson Tungsten DepositAdamson ClaimsBlue Jay ClaimPanaminas, Inc.'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.36164, -118.70425

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Secondary:	Copper, Molybdenum
Tertiary:	Gold, Silver
Other material:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Scheelite
Discovery year:	1939

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Development status:	Plant
First production started:	1942

Geology

References

MRDS	D000851
MAS	60270699
DEP	10285137
Reference	{Deposit:: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 34, 1938, P. 462.}{Deposit:: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 37, 1941, P. 292.}{Deposit:: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 931-E, 1941, P. 91-92.}{Deposit:: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 38, 1942, NO. 24, P. 317.}
Reporter	Wetzel, Nicholas