USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · Mariposa County
War Baby
Unconfirmed Tungsten Underground
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- Mariposa
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Underground
- Primary commodity
- Tungsten
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former W mine located in the W½ sec. 9, T6S, R21E, MDM, 0.7 km (2,300 feet) ESE of Cedarbrook and 1.8 km (6,000 feet) S of Silver Knob (about 4 miles graded road to the Miami Ranger Station on US Highway 41), on the Merced County line, on National Fo…
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Scheelite
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 82649
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (1)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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Historical mapped workings available