USGS Mineral Resources Data System
Type: Historical mine record
Supports:
- mine identity
- development status
- commodities
- underground eligibility evidence
California · San Bernardino County
Clipper Mountains Mine
Unconfirmed Tungsten Mixed Underground / Surface
Key facts
- State
- California
- County
- San Bernardino
- Development status
- Past Producer
- Mine type
- Mixed underground / surface
- Primary commodity
- Tungsten
- Verification
- Unconfirmed
Also known as
- Clipper Mountains
Mine Location
Approximate AreaDocumented underground workings
Mindat locality description
A former W occurrence/mine located in secs. 14 & 23, T8N, R15E, SBM, 6.1 km (3.8 miles) N of Castle Dome (coordinates of record), S of Interstate highway 40, along the northern margin of the mountains (10 miles N of Danby). MRDS database stated accurac…
Historical mapped workings
USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.
- 1 adit symbol
View individual source records (2)
Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.
- Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Surface-Underground
- MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Surface-Underground · oper_type
Verification
Unconfirmed
Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.
Why it's listed
Source records document both underground and surface mining.
History & operations
Historical record
- Development status: Past Producer
Commodities & minerals
Reported minerals
- Basalt
- Biotite schist
- Garnet Group
- Gneiss
- Limestone
- Scheelite
- Tuff
Access & recent conditions
- Land
- unknown
Community reports
No community field reports yet.
I Visited This MineSources & evidence
USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features
Type: Historical mapped physical features
Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6
Supports:
- mapped adit symbols (1)
Historical mapped features may no longer exist.
Mindat
Type: Mineralogical locality database
Record: Mindat Locality: 88315
Supports:
- locality identity
- reported minerals (7)
A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.
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