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La Moine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, 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. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033983
MRDS ID M020643
Record type Site
Current site name La Moine
Alternate or previous names Le Moigne
Related records 10256930

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.14617, 36.52053 (WGS84)
Elevation 1623
Relative position 15 MILES SW OF STOVE PIPE WELLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stovepipe Wells(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saline Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 016S 044E 36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Lead Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.14617, 36.52053
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N-S
    Dip 65 W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1925 , 1927 , 1947 , 1951 - 53

Mining district

District name La Moigne

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the production information

  • 250 TONS WAS SHIPPED CARRYING 50 % PB, 5 OZ AG/TON. 1925 , AVERAGE CONTENT; .28 OZ AU, 3.76 OZ AG, 28 % PB, RECOVERABLE CU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 TUNNELS; ONE 25 FT. LONG, THE OTHER 165 FT. LONG.

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. 484

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W. B., 1926 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION; 22ND REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST; CALIF. MIN. BUR., P. 488

  • Production

    TUCKER, W. B., 1926 , P. 488 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
Deposit IRREGULAR LENSES ALONG FISSURE IN LIMESTONE, BENEATH A THRUST PLATE.

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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