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Darwin Mine

Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Vanadium, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008121
MRDS ID D000040
Record type Site
Current site name Darwin Mine
Alternate or previous names Emperor Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.6009, 36.26664 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Darwin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Panamint Valley(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.6009, 36.26664
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Darwin

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MURDOCH, JOSEPH, AND WEBB, R. W., 1956, CALIF. DEPT. NAT. RES., DIV. MINES BULL. 173, P. 339

  • Deposit

    HALL, W. E., AND MACKEVETT, E. M., 1962, USGS PROF. PAPER 368, P. 87

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Fischer, Richard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.