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Blue Dick

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033963
MRDS ID M020618
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Dick
Alternate or previous names Midnight
Related records 10139182

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.15947, 35.83471 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tecopa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Owlshead Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 020N 008E 18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lead Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.15947, 35.83471
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1912 - 1913 , 1915 - 1919

Mining district

District name Resting Springs

Comments on the production information

  • AVG. 30 % PB, 1.7 % ZN, 5.2 % CU AND 8.3 OZ. AG, ALSO GOLD. 1918 - SHIPMENT, ASSAYED 29.2 % CU AND 10 OZ AG PER TON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • 500 FT. OF TUNNELS AND DRIFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 457 .

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1928 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION, REPT. 22 OF STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., VOL. 22 , NO. 4 , P. 479 .

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. C., 1957 , P. 457 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURS ALONG FISSURE IN LIMESTONE
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. COMPRISED OF 80 ACRES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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