California · Madera County
Past Producer

Strawberry Mine

Madera County, California, United States
TungstenMolybdenum
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Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typetungsten skarn
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsPowellite, Scheelite
GangueArsenopyrite, Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Hornblende, Idocrase, Magnetite, Orthoclase, Plagioclase, Pyrite, Pyroxene, Quartz, Sphalerite, Wollastonite
Other materialsMolybdenite
Geology
Host rockMarble
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1943
Discovery year1941
Identification
Deposit ID10115441
MRDS IDD001059
Alternate namesStrawberry-Macdougald Tungsten, Strawberry Tungsten Mine, Strawberry Tungsten Deposits
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.5499, -119.2888
References
KRAUSKOPF, KONRAD B. TUNGSTEM DEPOSITS OF MADERA, FRESNO, AND TULARE COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA. CALIF. DIV. OF MINES SPECIAL REPORT 35, 1953, 82 PP.NOKLEBERG, W. J. GEOLOGIC SETTING, PETROLOGY, AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF TUNGSTEN - BEARING SKARNS AT THE STRAWBERRY MINE, CENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA, CALIF. ECON. GEOL., VOL., 76, NO. 1, 1981, PP. 111 - 133.NOKLEBERG, W. J.. GEOLOGY OF THE STRAWBERRY MINE ROOF PENDANT, CENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA. SANTA BARBARA, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, 1970, PHD DISSERTATION, 156 P.NOKLEBERG, W. J., STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STRAWBERRY MINE ROOF PENDANT CENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA. U. S.GEOL. SURV. PP. 1154, 1981, 18 PP.NOKLEBERG, W. J., ZONED SKARNS OF THE STRAWBERRY TUNGSTEN MINE ROOF PENDANT, CENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA. GEOL. SOC. OF AMER. ABSTRA., VOL. 3, NO. 2, 1971, PP. 171-172.PECK, D. L. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MERCED PEAK QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA. U. S. GEOL. SURV. GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP, 1980, MAP GQ-1531.TRENGOVE, RUSSEL R. INVESTIGATION OF THE STRAWBERRY TUNGSTEN DEPOSIT, MADERA COUNTY, CALIF. U. S. BUMINES R.I. 4543, 1949, 19 PP.WYANT, DONALD G. AND MAX P. ERICKSON. TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN MADERA COUNTY CALIFORNIA. U. S. BUMINES PRELIMINARY REPORTS ON TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS IN MADERA COUNTY, 1942, 28 PP.LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.