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R & R claims, Black Canyon Spring, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USAi
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Black Canyon SpringSpring
White MountainsMountain Range
Inyo CountyCounty
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USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 20' 53'' North , 118° 14' 41'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
37.34806,-118.24472
GeoHash:
G#: 9qeumr0b4
GRN:
N25W68
Type:
Group of Claims
Köppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Bishop3,806 (2017)13.4km
Wilkerson563 (2011)14.8km
Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek2,645 (2011)15.7km
West Bishop2,607 (2011)18.6km
Big Pine1,756 (2014)20.7km
Mindat Locality ID:
79327
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:79327:3
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former W-Cu mine located about 4.2 km WSW of Black Canyon Spring, S of Redding Canyon, on National Forest land. Operated in 1952. MRDS database accuracy for this location is not stated.

Mineralization is hosted in marble. The mine was developed locally adjacent to a stock of porphyritic quartz monzonite in gently dipping limestone with interbedded shale of the Silver Peak Formation. Associated rocks include quartz monzonite. Local rocks include Mesozoic granitic rocks, unit 3 (Sierra Nevada, Death Valley area, Northern Mojave Desert and Transverse Ranges).

Workings include surface openings comprised of an open cut with the use of a power shovel.

Several thousand tons of ore were milled and trucked to the Pine Creek mill, U.S. Vanadium Co., for treatment. No figures available.

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4 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘChalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘCalcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘScheelite7.GA.05Ca(WO4)
Group 9 - Silicates
ⓘEpidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Unclassified
ⓘ'Pyroxene Group'-ADSi2O6
ⓘ'Garnet Group'-X3Z2(SiO4)3

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
CCarbon
Cⓘ CalciteCaCO3
OOxygen
Oⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Oⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Oⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
Oⓘ Pyroxene GroupADSi2O6
Oⓘ Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
AlAluminium
Alⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Siⓘ Pyroxene GroupADSi2O6
Siⓘ Garnet GroupX3Z2(SiO4)3
SSulfur
Sⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
CaCalcium
Caⓘ CalciteCaCO3
Caⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Caⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)
FeIron
Feⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Feⓘ Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
CuCopper
Cuⓘ ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
WTungsten
Wⓘ ScheeliteCa(WO4)

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References

Lemmon, D.M., Tungsten deposits in the US; Vol. I, unpublished data.
Bateman, Paul C. (1956), Economic geology of the Bishop Tungsten district, California: California Division Mines Special Report 47: 80.
Lemmon, Dwight Moulton and Tweto, O.L. (1962) Tungsten in the United States, exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii. USGS Mineral Investigative Resources Map MR-25.
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
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