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St. George Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Copper, Arsenic
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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 10036044
MRDS ID M024055
Record type Site
Current site name St. George Mine
Alternate or previous names Merry Christmas, Snows Canyon
Related records 10115400

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.46034, 36.21386 (WGS84)
Elevation 1478
Relative position 2.5 MI S LOOKOUT MTN ON N. SLOPE SNOW CANYON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Revenue Canyon(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 020S 042E 09 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. MIDDLE OF SECTION. NUMEROUS LOCATIONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE CARRIED ABOUT 1.5% PB AND SOME COPPER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.46034, 36.21386
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W, E-W
    Dip 70-75SW, 70S
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Modoc

Comments on the production information

  • ORE MINED FROM ST. GEORGE VEIN CARRIED $15-$20/TON AU. PB WAS RECOVERED FROM AU ORE PRODUCED IN 1933.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EST. 700 TONS OF TAILINGS BELOW MILL, STATED TO HAVE AVG. VALUE OF $8/TON IN GOLD.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT WORK HAS BEEN ON THE ST. GEORGE AND ST. PATRICK CLAIMS, ALSO ON THE CALIFORNIA GROUP OF CLAIMS. AT AN ELEVATION OF 5500 FT. ON THE ST. GEORGE CLAIMS, A TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN N 20 DEG E., 282 FT. TO THE VEIN, THEN A DRIFT RUN ON THE VEIN N. 50 DEG W. 500 FT. ABOUT 45 FT. SOUTH OF THESE WORKINGS, A TUNNEL DRIVEN ALONG A FAULT FISSURE IN THE GRANITE, N. 70 DEG E. 650 FT. AND THEN A DRIFT N.40 DEG W. 200 FT. THE VEIN DEVELOPED IN THIS DRIFT HAS A WIDTH OF 3 FT. THE ST. GEORGE SHAFT SUNK ON THE VEIN TO A DEPTH OF 200 FT. WHERE IT CONNECTS WITH A RAISE FROM THE NORTH TUNNEL LEVEL, AT A POINT 447 FT. NORTHWEST OF THE CROSSCUT TUNNEL. ABOUT 500 FT NORTHWEST OF THE ST. GEORGE SHAFT, A TUNNEL 200 FT. IN LENGTH ON THE SAME VEIN. ON CALIFORNIA CLAIM, TUNNEL DRIVEN ON VEIN N50W FOR 180 FT.; AT 100 FT. FROM PORTAL, WINZE SOFT DEEP. SKETCH MAPS OF WORKINGS IN TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NORMAN, L.A., JR. AND STEWART, RICHARD M., 1951, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 47, NO. 1, P. 50-51

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 418-420

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B., 1926, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY, CALIF: CALIF JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 22, P. 471

  • Deposit

    GOODWIN, J.G., 1957, LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 53, NOS. 3 & 4, P. 508

  • Production

    GOODWIN (1957) TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938)

  • Reserve-Resource

    TUCKER AND SAMPSON (1938)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 VEIN SYSTEMS, EACH VEIN 2-4 FT. THICK. ORE CONSISTED OF FREE GOLD ASSOC. WITH SULFIDES. ONE VEIN, 4 IN. - 1 FT. THICK, REPORTEDLY CARRIED HIGH VALUES IN GOLD. ORE CARRIES CONSIDERABLE SILVER TOWARDS EAST, WHERE GRANITE COMES IN CONTACT WITH LIMESTONE. ON SURFACE, GOLD OCCURED MOSTLY FREE; DOWN TOWARDS WATER TABLE, IT OCCURED IN SULFIDES. ORE WAS SAID TO BE HIGH-GRADE IN MANY PLACES.
Deposit 12 CLAIMS. INCLUDED ST. PAUL, LAST CHANCE AND OTHERS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Nelson, Scott C. (Albers, John, P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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