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Tin Mountain deposit (Lawrence Asbestos and Fluorspar claims), Tin Mountain, Goldbelt Mining District, Cottonwood Mountains, Panamint Mts (Panamint Range), Inyo County, California, USAi
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Tin Mountain deposit (Lawrence Asbestos and Fluorspar claims)Deposit
Tin MountainMountain
Goldbelt Mining DistrictMining District
Cottonwood MountainsMountain Range
Panamint Mts (Panamint Range)Mountain Range
Inyo CountyCounty
CaliforniaState
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
36° North , 117° West (est.)
Estimate based on other nearby localities or region boundaries.
Margin of Error:
~1km
GRN:
N25W68
Type:
Deposit
Köppen climate type:
BWk : Cold desert climate
Mindat Locality ID:
219968
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:219968:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A fluorspar-W deposit located in T12S, R41E, MDM, on National Park Service land (Death Valley National Park).

NOTE: This locality is not listed in the USGS MRDS database.

The Lawrence Asbestos and Fluorspar claims located on the north slope of White Top Mountain two miles northeast of Burro Spring have been explored by several lessees over the years, but have produced only a few hundred tons of asbestos and fluorspar. Much scarring in the area has resulted from dozer prospecting and road building. The property consisted of three fluorspar claims, thirty-two asbestos claims, and a millsite under, location by R.H. Lawrence of Mojave. In 1970s the lessees proposed to develop the fluorspar deposits and ship the ore to Barstow via truck. Today the area consists of bulldozed prospects and a miner's shack.Greene, 1981

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1 valid mineral.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 3 - Halides
ⓘFluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ'Wolframite Group'4.DB.30 va

List of minerals for each chemical element

FFluorine
Fⓘ FluoriteCaF2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ FluoriteCaF2

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References

Hess, Frank L. (1909), Tungsten, nickel, cobalt, etc.: Mineral Resources U.S., 1908: 724
McAllister, James Franklin (1940), Melanite-nepheline syenite from the Panamint Range, California: […(abstract): Geological Society of America Bulletin: 51: 1961]
Huntley, Wright H. (1949) President, Huntley Industrial Minerals, Inc., personal communicationm to T.R. Goodwin, Superintendent, Death Valley National Monument, 27 July 1949.
Anonymous (1949), Fluorite: Los Angeles Times, August 30, 1949
U.S. National Park Service District Ranger - Grapevine (1963), personal communication to Chief Ranger and Superintendent, Death Valley National Monument, 15 October 1963.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 187, 278, 385.
U.S. National Park Service Superintendent - Death Valley National Monument (1971), to Director, WRO, 1 April 1971.
Law, Henry and Bill Tweed (1975), LCS Survey, 3 December 1975.
[1]Greene, Linda I. (1981), U.S. National Park Service, Historic Preservation Branch, Pacific Northwest/Western Team, Denver Service Center, Death Valley – Historic Resource Study – A History of Mining, Volume I (Parts 1 and 2): part 2: III.C.2.i).
www.nps.gov (2008) http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/deva/contents.htm
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