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Old Timer

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033988
MRDS ID M020650
Record type Site
Current site name Old Timer
Related records 10163688

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.76508, 36.42997 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 1/2 AIRLINE MILES SE OF KEELER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keeler(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Darwin Hills(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Owens Lake(hydrologic unit)

Mono-Owens Lakes(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
Mount Diablo 017S 039E 29 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.76508, 36.42997
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 45 W
    Dip 60 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cerro Gordo

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPPED SEVERAL CARS OF ORE IN 1947 - 1948 : SMELTER RECOVERY WAS 8.5 % PB, 9.1 % ZN, 6.3 OZ AG PER TON AND RECOVERABLE COPPER.

Comments on the workings information

  • 140 FT. ADIT, 60 FT. WINZE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY; VOL. 53, NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 496 - 497

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L. A. AND STEWART, R. M., 1951 , MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 47 ; NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 77.

  • Production

    GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , P. 496 - 497 (SEE REF.)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERIES OF QUARTZ STRINGERS IN SLATE.

Reporter information

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

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