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USGS TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS in the SIERRAS near BISHOP CA Vintage 1941 Report!
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POPULAR OLD ITEM!! HARDER AND HARDER TO FIND ONE THESE DAYS!!This is USGS Bulletin 931-E,
Tungsten Deposits in the Sierra Nevada near Bishop, California; a Preliminary Report
. Published in 1941, there can't be many of these around. The publication consists of a 26 page book and all six of the original maps. Three of them are in a pocket in the back, and three are foldout maps bound into the book. There is also a glossy photo of one of the areas, and numerous diagrams and maps within the book. There are three main areas with tungsten deposits with several in each area:
Near Pine Creek:
Pine Creek mine
Adamson claims
Pine Creek Canyon prospects
Millovitch prospect
Carpenter and Brown prospect
SE side of Mt Tom
North of Pine Creek:
Round Valley Peak deposit
Hilton Creek deposit
McGee Mtn prospect
Other prospects
South of Bishop:
Pickup mine
Rossi mine
Coyote Valley prospects
This is a cool area with numerous scheelite mines and prospects scattered through a wide area. This area offers
fluorite, scheelite, molybdenite, garnet, diopside, epidote, clinozoisite, sphene and other minerals.
This would be a great companion during your mountain ramblings and a great tool for targeting collecting locations. Here is a great opportunity to own a rare geologic publication in nearly new condition.
Expert packing assured. The recent increase in postage rates was pretty big. As a result, Media Mail is now my default shipping method to keep shipping affordable.
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