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Greenwater

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033978
MRDS ID M020637
Record type Site
Current site name Greenwater
Related records 10163868

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.46365, 36.18804 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 MILES SW OF DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West of Eagle Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Death Valley Junction(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(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 024N 005E 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.46365, 36.18804
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenwater

Comments on the production information

  • 1916 : ONE CARLOAD SHIPPED. NO PRODUCTION RECORDS

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN - CUT, SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WARING, C. A., 1915 , INYO MAP; 15TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 73

Reporter information

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

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