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Inyo Gold Mine

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Iron, Manganese
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036048
MRDS ID M024061
Record type Site
Current site name Inyo Gold Mine
Related records 10139562

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.68894, 36.51247 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position 4.8 MI S LEES CAMP SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lees Camp(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Beatty(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
San Bernardino 028N;027N 003E;003E 31;06 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM ACC. SEVERAL LOCATIONS WITHIN 0.5 MI OF EACH OTHER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Iron Secondary
Manganese Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FREE GOLD OCCURED IN FINELY-DIVIDED STATE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Iron Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 10-FT. VEIN ON UPPER 10 CLAIM ASSAYED $25/TON IN GOLD

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.68894, 36.51247
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 35-55 NW
    Thickness 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • THE PRINCIPAL DEVELOPMENT IS ON THE UPPER TEN CLAIM. IT CONSISTS OF AN INCLINED SHAFT, 220 FT. LONG, WHICH CONNECTS WITH A TUNNEL AT THE BOTTOM. LEVELS HAVE BEEN DRIVEN AT 100 AND 160 FT. HORIZONS, 60 AND 40 FT., RESPECTIVELY. THE TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN AS A CROSSCUT NORTH 695 FT. TO THE VEIN, DRIFT EAST 50 FT. AND 80 FT. WEST TO CONNECT WITH THE SHAFT. AT ABOUT 200 FT. FROM THE PORTAL AN AIR SHAFT WAS RAISED THROUGH TO THE SURFACE, A DISTANCE OF 80 FT. AT THE COLLAR OF THE AIR SHAFT A CROSSCUT HAS BEEN DRIVEN NORTH 50 FT. THEY DRIFTED NORTHEAST 25 FT. ON THIS VEIN. ABOUT 50 FT. EAST OF COLLAR OF THE MAIN SHAFT A CROSSCUT EXPOSES THE VEIN FOR A WIDTH OF 30 FT., WHICH IS SAID TO BE GOOD ORE. SKETCH MAP PROVEDED IN TUCKER & 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. 153

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1938, MINERAL RESOURCES OF INYO COUNTY: CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 34, NO. 4, P. 401

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6 VEINS IN QUARTZITE, THICKNESSES VARY FROM 1-15 FT. AT TOP OF HILL, TO NORTH OF WORKINGS, ANOTHER VEIN OUTCROPS FOR LENGTH OF 300 FT., AVG. 3 FT. IN THICKNESS.
Deposit 17 PATENTED AND 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; 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

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